Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Kadoka’s library logs 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Jackson County Library serves 2,776 people in and around Kadoka. Last year it lent 3,667 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,623 visits.
What Kadoka’s library is like
Jackson County Library is used less than most libraries its size
Jackson County Library records 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $17 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Programs are almost all for children
88% of the 50 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 40 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Most of the library’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 58% of loans. That’s partly because print borrowing is low: digital loans per resident are below typical too. What people borrow ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 11% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
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; Jackson County Library serves 2,776 people in and around Kadoka, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Kadoka’s civic life grade
Kadoka 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 →
58% of borrowing is digital
3,667 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,123 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Jackson County Library serves 2,776 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Jackson County Library system. The library’s own count.
50 programs a year
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
Jackson County Library, 910 Main St., Kadoka.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Jackson County Library branch.
New in Kadoka? 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 $1.49 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Kadoka cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $47K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $70K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $47K 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 299 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Jackson County Library serves 2,776 people in and around Kadoka, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Kadoka.
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 Kadoka
Does Kadoka have a public library?
Yes. Jackson County Library, 910 Main St., serves 2,776 people in and around Kadoka (the survey’s count) and is open about 23 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Jackson County 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 Kadoka’s library?
It logged 0.6 visits and lent 1.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Kadoka’s civic life grade?
Kadoka 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 Kadoka.
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.