Haslet’s library lends 19 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Haslet Public Library serves Haslet’s 3,861 residents. Last year it lent 93K books, movies and e-books and logged 43K visits.
The short version on Haslet’s library
More library cards than residents
7,334 cards for 3,861 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 ↓
Haslet borrows more library books per person than any town in Texas
Out of 183 Texas towns with a library of their own, Haslet comes first for items borrowed per resident. It’s also #1 for kids’ borrowing and #2 for library use. How it compares ↓
Haslet uses its library more than almost any town its size
Haslet Public Library logs 11 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 19 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 95% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 75% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 71 items per child in Haslet last year. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 5.2 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 97% of similar-size libraries. It’s 22% of all loans. 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.
What’s behind Haslet’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Haslet is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns, #176 of 539 in Texas. Library visits hold the grade up; Haslet’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($127K–$211K) 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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Haslet
1.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.6%
6.6% of Haslet’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 Haslet’s residents live; 2022.
About 2 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Haslet last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Haslet Public Library serves 3,861 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 41 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
93K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 27K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.7 times last year, on average.
20,153 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Haslet Public Library, 100 Gammill St., Haslet.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Haslet? 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 $3.26 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Haslet cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $412K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $412K 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 7,334 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Haslet
Does Haslet have a public library?
Yes. Haslet Public Library, 100 Gammill St., serves Haslet’s 3,861 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 47 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Haslet Public 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 Haslet’s library?
It logged 11.1 visits and lent 24.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Haslet’s civic life grade?
C+ Haslet is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns on civic life, #176 of 539 in Texas. 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 Haslet.
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.