Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Jourdanton’s library runs 4.6 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Jourdanton Community Library serves Jourdanton’s 9,965 residents. Last year it lent 38K print books and media and logged 12K visits.
The short version on Jourdanton’s library
Few programs for a library this size
Jourdanton Community Library offered 46 programs last year, 4.6 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
Jourdanton Community Library spends $16 per resident, less than 90% 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.
What’s behind Jourdanton’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Jourdanton is ahead of 91% of U.S. towns, #14 of 539 in Texas. Jourdanton is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Jourdanton’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
27 community nonprofits are registered in Jourdanton
6.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
10.1%
10.1% of Jourdanton’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 Jourdanton’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Jourdanton Community Library serves 9,965 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 17 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
38K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 38K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
46 programs a year
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 Jourdanton last year.
Find it
Jourdanton Community Library, 1101 Campbell Ave, Jourdanton.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Jourdanton? 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 $4.15 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Jourdanton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $156K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $647K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $156K 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 8,267 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 Jourdanton
Does Jourdanton have a public library?
Yes. Jourdanton Community Library, 1101 Campbell Ave, serves Jourdanton’s 9,965 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Jourdanton Community 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 Jourdanton’s library?
It logged 1.2 visits and lent 3.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Jourdanton’s civic life grade?
A Jourdanton is ahead of 91% of U.S. towns on civic life, #14 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 Jourdanton.
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.