Keya Paha County High School · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainSpringview’s library logs 1.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Keya Paha County Library serves 805 people in and around Springview. Last year it lent 1,468 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,218 visits.
The short version on Springview’s library
Programs are almost all for children
100% of the 60 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 30 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 13 hours a week
The Springview branch keeps short hours: about 13 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 74% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 50% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 15% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Keya Paha County Library spends $16 per resident, less than 94% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). 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; Keya Paha County Library serves 805 people in and around Springview, 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 Springview’s civic life grade
Springview 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Keya Paha County Library serves 805 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, for the whole Keya Paha County Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
1,468 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
About 1 kids’ program a week
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.
Find it
Keya Paha County Library, 118 S. Main Street, Springview.
No late fees. Good at every Keya Paha County Library branch.
New in Springview? 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 $2.06 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Springview cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $13K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $27K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $13K 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 120 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Keya Paha County Library serves 805 people in and around Springview, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Springview.
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 Springview
Does Springview have a public library?
Yes. Keya Paha County Library, 118 S. Main Street, serves 805 people in and around Springview (the survey’s count) and is open about 13 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Keya Paha County Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Springview’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 1.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Springview’s civic life grade?
Springview 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 Springview.
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.