Beatty’s library logs 1.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Beatty Library District serves 1,099 people in and around Beatty. Last year it lent 1,808 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,634 visits.
The short version on Beatty’s library
Beatty Library District is used less than most libraries its size
Beatty Library District records 1.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Beatty Library District offered 9 programs last year, 8.2 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
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; Beatty Library District serves 1,099 people in and around Beatty, 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 Beatty’s civic life grade
Beatty 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 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Beatty Library District serves 1,099 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 Beatty Library District system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,808 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Borrow from home with your card.
9 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Beatty Library District, 400 North 4th Street, Beatty.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every Beatty Library District branch.
New in Beatty? 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 Beatty cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $65K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $31K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $65K 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 290 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Beatty Library District serves 1,099 people in and around Beatty, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Beatty.
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 Beatty
Does Beatty have a public library?
Yes. Beatty Library District, 400 North 4th Street, serves 1,099 people in and around Beatty (the survey’s count) and is open about 23 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Beatty Library District fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Beatty’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 1.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Beatty’s civic life grade?
Beatty 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 Beatty.
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.