Mattydale’s library logs 5.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Salina Free Library serves 11,521 people in and around Mattydale. Last year it lent 68K books, movies and e-books and logged 64K visits.
The short version on Mattydale’s library
Salina Free Library serves more than Mattydale
The library’s service area covers 11,521 people in and around Mattydale, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
68% of the 425 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 111 were for children. 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.
What’s behind Mattydale’s civic life grade
Mattydale 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 →
Every hour the doors are open, about 27 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Salina Free Library serves 11,521 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
68K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 33K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.7 times last year, on average.
13,830 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 kids’ programs a week
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.
Find it
Salina Free Library, 100 Belmont St., Mattydale.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Mattydale? 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 $1.83 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mattydale cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $606K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $606K 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 5,536 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 Mattydale
Does Mattydale have a public library?
Yes. Salina Free Library, 100 Belmont St., serves 11,521 people in and around Mattydale (the survey’s count) and is open about 49 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Salina Free 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 Mattydale’s library?
It logged 5.5 visits and lent 5.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Mattydale’s civic life grade?
Mattydale 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 Mattydale.
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.