Scheider's Opera House · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Snyder’s library runs 322 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Snyder Public Library serves Snyder’s 242 residents. Last year it lent 249 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,027 visits.
The short version on Snyder’s library
Five times the programs of a typical library its size
Snyder Public Library ran 78 programs last year, about 2 a week. That’s 322 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 638 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 16 hours a week
Snyder Public Library keeps short hours: about 16 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
A small-town library
Snyder Public Library serves 242 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 ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Snyder Public Library lends 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 Snyder’s civic life grade
Snyder 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 →
78 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Snyder Public Library serves 242 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Snyder Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
249 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 3,759 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
Find it
Snyder Public Library, 203 Ash Street, Snyder.
No late fees. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Snyder? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Snyder cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $16K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $10K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $16K 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 72 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 Snyder
Does Snyder have a public library?
Yes. Snyder Public Library, 203 Ash Street, serves Snyder’s 242 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 16 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Snyder Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Snyder’s library?
It logged 4.2 visits and lent 1.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Snyder’s civic life grade?
Snyder 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 Snyder.
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.