Photo: Calvin Beale · Public domainLaMoure’s library lends 21 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Lamoure Public & School Library serves 764 people in and around LaMoure. Last year it lent 17K books, movies and e-books and logged 312 visits.
LaMoure’s library, in brief
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 97% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
People borrow more than they stay
Borrowing per resident is higher than at 97% of similar-size libraries, but visits are lower than at 98%. People come in, pick up their books and go. How it compares ↓
More library cards than residents
825 cards for 764 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 ↓
Runs on less money than most
Lamoure Public & School Library spends $7 per resident, less than 99% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). What your card is worth ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 5% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 45% of similar-size libraries. 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; Lamoure Public & School Library serves 764 people in and around LaMoure, 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 LaMoure’s civic life grade
LaMoure 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 →
27 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 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Lamoure Public & School Library serves 764 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Lamoure Public & School Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
17K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
902 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Lamoure Public & School Library, 105 6th Ave SE, Lamoure.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Lamoure Public & School Library branch.
New in LaMoure? 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 $41.72 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average LaMoure cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $4,975.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $208K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $4,975 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 825 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMoure | Lamoure Public & School Library fine-free | — | 39 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Dean Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Ryan Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Lamoure Public & School Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- System-wide. Lamoure Public & School Library serves 764 people in and around LaMoure, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just LaMoure.
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 LaMoure
Does LaMoure have a public library?
Yes. Lamoure Public & School Library, 105 6th Ave SE, serves 764 people in and around LaMoure (the survey’s count) and is open about 39 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lamoure Public & School 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 LaMoure’s library?
It logged 0.4 visits and lent 21.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is LaMoure’s civic life grade?
LaMoure 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 LaMoure.
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.