Ramona Theatre · Photo: Crimsonedge34 · CC BY-SA 3.0Frederick’s library logs 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Frederick Public Library serves Frederick’s 3,419 residents. Last year it lent 3,202 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,950 visits.
What Frederick’s library is like
Frederick Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Frederick Public Library records 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $23 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Frederick Public Library offered 9 programs last year, 2.6 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Frederick Public Library holds 20,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once last year. What people borrow ↓
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 Frederick’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Frederick is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns, #104 of 128 in Oklahoma. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($33K–$56K) 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 →
9 community nonprofits are registered in Frederick
2.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: arts & culture.
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 (9 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
12.9%
12.9% of Frederick’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 Frederick’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Frederick Public Library serves 3,419 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
3,202 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 20K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
9 programs a year
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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Frederick last year.
Find it
Frederick Public Library, 200 East Grand, Frederick.
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 Frederick cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $80K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $56K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $80K 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 2,542 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Frederick Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Frederick
Does Frederick have a public library?
Yes. Frederick Public Library, 200 East Grand, serves Frederick’s 3,419 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Frederick Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Frederick’s library?
It logged 0.6 visits and lent 0.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Frederick’s civic life grade?
C Frederick is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on civic life, #104 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 Frederick.
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.