Photo: Leaflet · CC BY-SA 4.0Lockney’s library is a branch of Floyd County Library, which lends more per resident than 63% of systems its size
Lockney’s library is the Floyd County Lockney Branch Library, a branch of Floyd County Library, which serves 5,090 people and lent 25K items last year.
Lockney’s library, in brief
Open only about 20 hours a week
The Lockney branch keeps short hours: about 20 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Floyd County Library system offered 38 programs last year, 7.5 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 0% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. 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; Lockney’s library is a branch of Floyd County Library, so they cover the whole system (5,090 people), not just the Lockney branch.
What’s behind Lockney’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Lockney is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. Lockney is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Lockney’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Floyd County Library spends $25 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($41K–$68K) 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 Lockney
2.9 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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.
3.5%
3.5% of Lockney’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 Lockney’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Floyd County Library serves 5,090 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Floyd County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
25K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
38 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
Floyd County Lockney Branch Library, 124 S Main St., Lockney.
Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Floyd County Library branch.
New in Lockney? 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 $3.07 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lockney cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $129K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $397K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $129K 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 3,082 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Floyd County Lockney Branch Library is one branch of Floyd County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 5,090 people it serves.
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 Lockney
Does Lockney have a public library?
Yes: Floyd County Lockney Branch Library, 124 S Main St., is a branch of Floyd County Library, which serves 5,090 people. The branch is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Floyd County Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Lockney’s library?
It logged 3.8 visits and lent 5.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Lockney’s civic life grade?
D Lockney is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Lockney.
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.