Aspermont’s library logs 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Stonewall County Library serves 1,218 people in and around Aspermont. Last year it lent 1,487 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,252 visits.
What Aspermont’s library is like
Stonewall County Library is used less than most libraries its size
Stonewall County Library records 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 0.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $25 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Stonewall County Library offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 21 hours a week
The Aspermont branch keeps short hours: about 21 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
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; Stonewall County Library serves 1,218 people in and around Aspermont, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Aspermont’s civic life grade
Aspermont 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 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Stonewall County Library serves 1,218 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Stonewall County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,487 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
430 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
What kids borrow
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Find it
Stonewall County Library, 516 S Washington Ave, Aspermont.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Stonewall County Library branch.
New in Aspermont? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Aspermont cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $30K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $28K 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 971 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Stonewall County Library serves 1,218 people in and around Aspermont, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Aspermont.
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 Aspermont
Does Aspermont have a public library?
Yes. Stonewall County Library, 516 S Washington Ave, serves 1,218 people in and around Aspermont (the survey’s count) and is open about 21 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Stonewall 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 Aspermont’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 1.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Aspermont’s civic life grade?
Aspermont 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 Aspermont.
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.