Munday’s library logs 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Munday City-County Library serves 3,302 people in and around Munday. Last year it lent 2,745 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,160 visits.
Munday’s library, in brief
Munday City-County Library is used less than most libraries its size
Munday City-County Library records 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $5 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Open only about 20 hours a week
The Munday 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
Munday City-County Library offered 25 programs last year, 7.6 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 15% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Munday City-County Library spends $5 per resident, less than 99% 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; Munday City-County Library serves 3,302 people in and around Munday, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Munday’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Munday is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. Munday is graded on two of the three inputs. Munday’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
11 community nonprofits are registered in Munday
7.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.3%
5.3% of Munday’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 Munday’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Munday City-County Library serves 3,302 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Munday City-County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
2,745 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
25 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Munday City-County Library, 131 S Munday Ave, Munday.
No late fees. Good at every Munday City-County Library branch.
New in Munday? 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 $3.08 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Munday cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $16K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $50K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $16K 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 507 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Munday City-County Library serves 3,302 people in and around Munday, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Munday.
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 Munday
Does Munday have a public library?
Yes. Munday City-County Library, 131 S Munday Ave, serves 3,302 people in and around Munday (the survey’s count) and is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Munday City-County Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Munday’s library?
It logged 0.4 visits and lent 0.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Munday’s civic life grade?
B Munday is ahead of 56% 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 Munday.
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.