Cockrell Hill’s library logs 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Cockrell Hill Public Library serves Cockrell Hill’s 3,633 residents. Last year it lent 956 print books and media and logged 2,383 visits.
The short version on Cockrell Hill’s library
Cockrell Hill Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Cockrell Hill Public Library records 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $8 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Cockrell Hill Public Library offered 13 programs last year, 3.6 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 80% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 93% of similar-size libraries, so the high share mostly reflects light borrowing by adults. What people borrow ↓
Open only about 20 hours a week
Cockrell Hill Public Library keeps short hours: about 20 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.
What’s behind Cockrell Hill’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Cockrell Hill has fewer per resident than most U.S. towns. Library visits come closest to the U.S. middle.
Cockrell Hill Public Library spends $8 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($39K–$65K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
Cockrell Hill has few registered community nonprofits
0.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: arts & culture.
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 (0 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
2.3%
2.3% of Cockrell Hill’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 5.7% in the typical Texas 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 Cockrell Hill’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Cockrell Hill Public Library serves 3,633 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
A year at Cockrell Hill Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
956 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 4,779 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
13 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Cockrell Hill last year.
Find it
Cockrell Hill Public Library, 4125 W Clarendon Dr, Dallas.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Cockrell Hill? 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 Cockrell Hill cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $30K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $15K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $30K 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 1,159 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Cockrell Hill
Does Cockrell Hill have a public library?
Yes. Cockrell Hill Public Library, 4125 W Clarendon Dr, serves Cockrell Hill’s 3,633 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cockrell Hill 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 Cockrell Hill’s library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 0.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Cockrell Hill’s civic life grade?
D− Cockrell Hill has fewer library visits and community nonprofits per resident, and fewer younger adults in volunteering groups, than most U.S. towns. 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 Cockrell Hill.
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.