Photo: Snamgungtaylor · CC BY 4.0Enid’s library lends 1.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Enid-Public Library of Enid and Garfield Co serves 50,577 people in and around Enid. Last year it lent 172K books, movies and e-books and logged 110K visits.
Enid’s library, in brief
45% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 45% of loans, more per resident than at 61% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 55%, much of it kids’ books. What people borrow ↓
84% of the people it serves carry a library card
42,465 cards for 50,577 people, or 84%. At the typical library serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, it’s 39%. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
52% of the 538 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 166 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; Enid-Public Library of Enid and Garfield Co serves 50,577 people in and around Enid, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Enid’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Enid is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns, #118 of 128 in Oklahoma. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Enid’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Enid-Public Library of Enid and Garfield Co spends $19 per resident, against a typical $40 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($47K–$78K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
170 community nonprofits are registered in Enid
3.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (70 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 5 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.5%
5.5% of Enid’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 9.7% in the typical Oklahoma town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Enid’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Enid-Public Library of Enid and Garfield Co serves 50,577 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 55 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Enid-Public Library of Enid and Garfield Co system. The library’s own count.
45% of borrowing is digital
172K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
77,531 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 kids’ programs 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
Enid-Public Library of Enid and Garfield Co, 120 W Maine, Enid.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Enid-Public Library of Enid and Garfield Co branch.
New in Enid? 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 $2.69 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Enid cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $973K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $973K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 42,465 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enid | Enid-Public Library of Enid and Garfield Co | — | 60 | C− |
| North Enid | None of its own | — | — | — graded with its twin city |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Enid-Public Library of Enid and Garfield Co serves 50,577 people in and around Enid, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Enid.
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 Enid
Does Enid have a public library?
Yes. Enid-Public Library of Enid and Garfield Co, 120 W Maine, serves 50,577 people in and around Enid (the survey’s count) and is open about 60 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Enid-Public Library of Enid and Garfield Co fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Enid’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 3.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Enid’s civic life grade?
C− Enid is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns on civic life, #118 of 128 in Oklahoma. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Enid.
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.