Grassy Butte Post Office · Photo: Jack Boucher · Public domainKilldeer’s library lends 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Killdeer Public Library serves Killdeer’s 939 residents. Last year it lent 1,077 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,022 visits.
What Killdeer’s library is like
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, Killdeer Public Library sits below the middle on all six per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on five. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 20% of the people Killdeer Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Killdeer Public Library lends 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, fewer than 90% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. What people borrow ↓
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 Killdeer’s civic life grade
Killdeer 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 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Killdeer Public Library serves 939 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Killdeer Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,077 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Killdeer’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 8,034 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
57 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
28 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.
Find it
Killdeer Public Library, 150 Central Ave SE N Unit 1, Killdeer.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Killdeer? 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 $1.09 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Killdeer cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $21K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $22K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $21K 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 185 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 Killdeer
Does Killdeer have a public library?
Yes. Killdeer Public Library, 150 Central Ave SE N Unit 1, serves Killdeer’s 939 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 39 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Killdeer 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 Killdeer’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 1.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Killdeer’s civic life grade?
Killdeer 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 Killdeer.
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.