Colman’s library is a branch of Moody County Resource Center, which lends less per resident than 61% of systems its size
Colman’s library is the Colman Branch Library- Moody County, a branch of Moody County Resource Center, which serves 6,450 people and lent 24K items last year.
Colman’s library, in brief
Open only about 10 hours a week
The Colman branch keeps short hours: about 10 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Programs are almost all for children
90% of the 105 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.5 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
More library cards than residents
6,450 cards for 6,450 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, it’s 42%. How it compares ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 64% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 58% of similar-size libraries. 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; Colman’s library is a branch of Moody County Resource Center, so they cover the whole system (6,450 people), not just the Colman branch.
What’s behind Colman’s civic life grade
Colman 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Moody County Resource Center serves 6,450 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Moody County Resource Center system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
24K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
4,575 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, 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
Colman Branch Library- Moody County, 120 North Main Ave., Colman.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Moody County Resource Center branch.
New in Colman? 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 $1.79 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Colman cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $200K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $359K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $200K 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 6,450 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Colman Branch Library- Moody County is one branch of Moody County Resource Center, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 6,450 people it serves.
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 Colman
Does Colman have a public library?
Yes: Colman Branch Library- Moody County, 120 North Main Ave., is a branch of Moody County Resource Center, which serves 6,450 people. The branch is open about 10 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Moody County Resource Center 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 Colman’s library?
It logged 4.0 visits and lent 3.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Colman’s civic life grade?
Colman 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 Colman.
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.