Photo: Yamauchi · CC BY-SA 3.0Kingfisher’s library logs 16 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Kingfisher Memorial Library serves Kingfisher’s 5,057 residents. Last year it lent 75K books, movies and e-books and logged 79K visits.
The short version on Kingfisher’s library
Kingfisher has the most-used library in Oklahoma
Out of 60 Oklahoma towns with a library of their own, Kingfisher comes first for visits per resident. It’s also #1 for borrowing and #3 for kids’ borrowing. How it compares ↓
Kingfisher uses its library more than almost any town its size
Kingfisher Memorial Library logs 16 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 13 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 96% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 38% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 90% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 21 items per child in Kingfisher last year. 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 Kingfisher’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Kingfisher is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns, #18 of 128 in Oklahoma. Library visits hold the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Kingfisher Memorial Library logged 15.6 visits per resident in FY2024, #61 of the 3,790 town libraries we compare. The survey counts every visit, residents or not, and libraries don’t report how many come from out of town.
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 →
35 community nonprofits are registered in Kingfisher
7.0 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 (17 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 3 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.0%
7.0% of Kingfisher’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 Kingfisher’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 28 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Kingfisher Memorial Library serves 5,057 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
75K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 46K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.4 time last year, on average.
10,769 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 4 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Kingfisher last year.
Find it
Kingfisher Memorial Library, 505 West Will Rogers Dr, Kingfisher.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Kingfisher? 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 $3.19 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Kingfisher cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $374K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $374K 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 2,075 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits count everyone. Kingfisher’s 78,683 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Kingfisher Memorial 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 Kingfisher
Does Kingfisher have a public library?
Yes. Kingfisher Memorial Library, 505 West Will Rogers Dr, serves Kingfisher’s 5,057 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 52 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Kingfisher Memorial Library 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 Kingfisher’s library?
It logged 15.6 visits and lent 14.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Kingfisher’s civic life grade?
A Kingfisher is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns on civic life, #18 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 Kingfisher.
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.