Richey’s library is a branch of Glendive Public Library, which lends less per resident than 69% of systems its size
Richey’s library is the Richey Public Library, a branch of Glendive Public Library, which serves 8,940 people and lent 32K items last year.
What stands out about Richey Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Richey’s civic life grade
Richey isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Glendive Public Library serves 8,940 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Glendive Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
32K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
9,015 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Richey Public Library, 104 Royal Ave East, Richey.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Glendive Public Library branch.
New in Richey? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.99 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Richey cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $277K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $551K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $277K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 2,274 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Richey Public Library is one branch of Glendive Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 8,940 people it serves.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Richey
Does Richey have a public library?
Yes: Richey Public Library, 104 Royal Ave East, is a branch of Glendive Public Library, which serves 8,940 people. The branch is open about 16 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Glendive Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Richey’s library?
It logged 3.1 visits and lent 3.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Richey’s civic life grade?
Richey isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Richey.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.