John Frank House · Photo: Jeff M. Jones · Public domainSapulpa’s library lends 1.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Sapulpa Bartlett Carnegie Public Library serves Sapulpa’s 22,981 residents. Last year it lent 47K books, movies and e-books and logged 54K visits.
Sapulpa’s library, in brief
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, Sapulpa Bartlett Carnegie Public Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on four. How it compares ↓
Still charges late fines, unlike its neighbors
Sapulpa Bartlett Carnegie Public Library charges late fines on some overdue items. Four of the six libraries in neighboring towns have dropped them. What your card is worth ↓
Programs lean toward adults
59% of the 250 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 76 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 Sapulpa’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Sapulpa is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns, #72 of 128 in Oklahoma. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
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 →
79 community nonprofits are registered in Sapulpa
3.5 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 (52 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 6 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
10.7%
10.7% of Sapulpa’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 Sapulpa’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Sapulpa Bartlett Carnegie Public Library serves 22,981 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 18 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
47K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 35K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.9 time last year, on average.
14,801 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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 Sapulpa last year.
Find it
Sapulpa Bartlett Carnegie Public Library, 27 W Dewey, Sapulpa.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Sapulpa? 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 $1.65 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Sapulpa cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $477K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $790K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $477K 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 9,065 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Sapulpa ranks 3rd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kellyville | Kellyville Public Library | 86.0 | 32 | C+ |
| Mounds | Mounds Public Library | 6.9 | 35 | — graded with its twin city |
| Sapulpa | Sapulpa Bartlett Carnegie Public Library | 2.1 | 50 | B− |
| Jenks | Jenks Library fine-free | — | 51 | B |
| Tulsa | Central Library fine-free | — | 69 | B |
| Glenpool | Glenpool Library fine-free | — | 47 | C |
| Sand Springs | Pratt Library fine-free | — | 51 | A− |
| Oakhurst | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Kiefer | None of its own | — | — | B |
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.
- 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 Sapulpa
Does Sapulpa have a public library?
Yes. Sapulpa Bartlett Carnegie Public Library, 27 W Dewey, serves Sapulpa’s 22,981 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 50 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Sapulpa Bartlett Carnegie Public 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 Sapulpa’s library?
It logged 2.3 visits and lent 2.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Sapulpa’s civic life grade?
B− Sapulpa is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns on civic life, #72 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 Sapulpa.
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.