Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainStapleton’s library lends 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Logan County Library serves 655 people in and around Stapleton. Last year it lent 1,961 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,315 visits.
The short version on Stapleton’s library
Most of the library’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 64% of loans, more per resident than at 72% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 36%. What people borrow ↓
Open only about 16 hours a week
The Stapleton branch keeps short hours: about 16 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Runs on less money than most
Logan County Library spends $17 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; Logan County Library serves 655 people in and around Stapleton, 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 Stapleton’s civic life grade
Stapleton 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 →
64% of borrowing is digital
1,961 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,261 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Logan County Library serves 655 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Logan County Library system. The library’s own count.
11 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.
Find it
Logan County Library, 317 Main Street, Stapleton.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Logan County Library branch.
New in Stapleton? 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 $2.68 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Stapleton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $11K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $30K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $11K 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 140 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Logan County Library serves 655 people in and around Stapleton, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Stapleton.
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 Stapleton
Does Stapleton have a public library?
Yes. Logan County Library, 317 Main Street, serves 655 people in and around Stapleton (the survey’s count) and is open about 16 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Logan County 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 Stapleton’s library?
It logged 2.0 visits and lent 3.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Stapleton’s civic life grade?
Stapleton 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 Stapleton.
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.