Goodwill Township’s library logs 0.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library serves 11,095 people in and around Goodwill Township. Last year it lent 631 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,152 visits.
Goodwill Township’s library, in brief
Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library is used less than most libraries its size
Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library records 0.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 0.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $3 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library offered 2 programs last year, 0.2 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library spends $3 per resident, less than 99% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). What your card is worth ↓
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; Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library serves 11,095 people in and around Goodwill Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Goodwill Township’s civic life grade
Goodwill Township 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library serves 11,095 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
A year at Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
631 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
2 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library, Bia Road 700, Sisseton.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library branch.
New in Goodwill Township? 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 $1.70 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Goodwill Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $30K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $51K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $30K 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 420 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwill Township | Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library fine-free | — | 43 | — graded with its twin city |
| Agency Village | Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library fine-free | — | 43 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Easter Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Agency Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Sisseton Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Dry Wood Lake Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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. Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library serves 11,095 people in and around Goodwill Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Goodwill Township.
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 Goodwill Township
Does Goodwill Township have a public library?
Yes. Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library, Bia Road 700, serves 11,095 people in and around Goodwill Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Library 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 Goodwill Township’s library?
It logged 0.1 visits and lent 0.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Goodwill Township’s civic life grade?
Goodwill Township 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 Goodwill Township.
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.