Glen Ullin’s library logs 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Glen Ullin Public Library serves Glen Ullin’s 732 residents. Last year it lent 593 books, movies and e-books and logged 491 visits.
Glen Ullin’s library, in brief
Glen Ullin Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Glen Ullin Public Library records 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 0.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $7 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Glen Ullin Public Library serves 732 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 8% of the people Glen Ullin Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Glen Ullin Public Library offered 7 programs last year, 9.6 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
25% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 69%. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Glen Ullin’s civic life grade
Glen Ullin 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Glen Ullin Public Library serves 732 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
593 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 4,302 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
7 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Glen Ullin last year.
Find it
Glen Ullin Public Library, 114 South Main Street, Glen Ullin.
No late fees. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting.
New in Glen Ullin? 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 Glen Ullin cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $5,113.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $10K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $5,113 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 59 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Glen Ullin
Does Glen Ullin have a public library?
Yes. Glen Ullin Public Library, 114 South Main Street, serves Glen Ullin’s 732 residents (the survey’s count).
Is Glen Ullin Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Glen Ullin’s library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 0.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Glen Ullin’s civic life grade?
Glen Ullin 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 Glen Ullin.
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.