Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0Lidgerwood’s library logs 0.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Lidgerwood City Library serves Lidgerwood’s 600 residents. Last year it lent 1,360 books, movies and e-books and logged 328 visits.
The short version on Lidgerwood’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, Lidgerwood City Library sits below the middle on all six per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on five. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Lidgerwood City Library serves 600 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 ↓
Open only about 19 hours a week
Lidgerwood City Library keeps short hours: about 19 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Fewer visits than most libraries its size
Lidgerwood City Library records 0.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, below 97% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing holds up better, at 2.3 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
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 Lidgerwood’s civic life grade
Lidgerwood 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.
Lidgerwood City Library serves 600 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: library cards. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,360 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 16K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
23 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 Lidgerwood last year.
Find it
Lidgerwood City Library, 15 Wiley Ave N, Lidgerwood.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Lidgerwood? 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 $1.64 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lidgerwood resident borrows (the library didn’t report its card count for 2024).
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $15K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $24K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $15K 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 resident’s month = the library’s yearly loans and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ the 600 people it serves ÷ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lidgerwood | Lidgerwood City Library fine-free | 2.3 | 19 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Grant Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Moran 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.
- Not reported for 2024: library cards. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Lidgerwood City Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Lidgerwood
Does Lidgerwood have a public library?
Yes. Lidgerwood City Library, 15 Wiley Ave N, serves Lidgerwood’s 600 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 19 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lidgerwood City Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Lidgerwood’s library?
It logged 0.5 visits and lent 2.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Lidgerwood’s civic life grade?
Lidgerwood 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 Lidgerwood.
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.