Photo: Rwslivka · CC BY-SA 4.0Winifred’s library lends 17 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Dorothy Asbjornson Community Library serves 467 people in and around Winifred. Last year it lent 8,050 books, movies and e-books and logged 936 visits.
The short version on Winifred’s library
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
63% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 35%. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Dorothy Asbjornson Community Library offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
People borrow more than they stay
Borrowing per resident is higher than at 96% of similar-size libraries, but visits are lower than at 75%. People come in, pick up their books and go. How it compares ↓
Open only about 15 hours a week
The Winifred branch keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Runs on less money than most
Dorothy Asbjornson Community Library spends $21 per resident, less than 90% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). What your card is worth ↓
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; Dorothy Asbjornson Community Library serves 467 people in and around Winifred, 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 Winifred’s civic life grade
Winifred 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 →
Mostly books and media off the shelf
8,050 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Dorothy Asbjornson Community Library serves 467 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Dorothy Asbjornson Community Library system. The library’s own count.
What kids borrow
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Find it
Dorothy Asbjornson Community Library, 210 Main Street, Winifred.
Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Good at every Dorothy Asbjornson Community Library branch.
New in Winifred? 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 $13.84 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Winifred cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $9,860.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $136K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $9,860 budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 262 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Dorothy Asbjornson Community Library serves 467 people in and around Winifred, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Winifred.
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 Winifred
Does Winifred have a public library?
Yes. Dorothy Asbjornson Community Library, 210 Main Street, serves 467 people in and around Winifred (the survey’s count) and is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Dorothy Asbjornson Community Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Winifred’s library?
It logged 2.0 visits and lent 17.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Winifred’s civic life grade?
Winifred 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 Winifred.
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.