Ferris-Hermsmeyer-Fenton · Photo: Wuelfie · CC BY-SA 3.0Sheridan’s library runs 191 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Sheridan Public Library serves 1,082 people in and around Sheridan. Last year it lent 6,453 books, movies and e-books and logged 6,240 visits.
The short version on Sheridan’s library
More library cards than residents
1,807 cards for 1,082 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
84% of the 207 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 33 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; Sheridan Public Library serves 1,082 people in and around Sheridan, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Sheridan’s civic life grade
Sheridan 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 →
207 programs a year
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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Sheridan Public Library serves 1,082 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Sheridan Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
6,453 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,017 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
Find it
Sheridan Public Library, 109 East Hamilton, Sheridan.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every Sheridan Public Library branch.
New in Sheridan? 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 $1.22 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Sheridan cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $93K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $113K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $93K 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 1,807 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Sheridan Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- System-wide. Sheridan Public Library serves 1,082 people in and around Sheridan, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Sheridan.
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 Sheridan
Does Sheridan have a public library?
Yes. Sheridan Public Library, 109 East Hamilton, serves 1,082 people in and around Sheridan (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Sheridan Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Sheridan’s library?
It logged 5.8 visits and lent 6.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Sheridan’s civic life grade?
Sheridan 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 Sheridan.
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.