Seven Points’ library logs 16 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
The Library at Cedar Creek Lake serves Seven Points’s 4,192 residents. Last year it lent 18K books, movies and e-books and logged 66K visits.
Seven Points’s library, in brief
More library cards than residents
6,218 cards for 4,192 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 ↓
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
80% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 17%. What your card is worth ↓
More of a place to be than a place to borrow
Visits per resident beat 98% of similar-size libraries, while borrowing beats only 41%. Program attendance beats 91% of similar libraries. A year at the library ↓
Programs draw a crowd
6,633 people came to the library’s 337 programs last year: 1.6 per resident, against a typical 0.5, more than at 91% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
The Library at Cedar Creek Lake holds 35,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once last year. 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 Seven Points’ civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Seven Points is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. Seven Points is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Seven Points’ count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($30K–$50K) 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 →
4 community nonprofits are registered in Seven Points
3.4 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.
5.1%
5.1% of Seven Points’ 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 Seven Points’ residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
The Library at Cedar Creek Lake serves 4,192 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
18K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 35K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
4,186 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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 Seven Points last year.
Find it
The Library at Cedar Creek Lake, 410 E Cedar Creek Pkwy, Seven Points.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Seven Points? 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 $2.14 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Seven Points cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $161K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $345K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $161K 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 6,218 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Points | The Library at Cedar Creek Lake | 4.2 | 50 | C− |
| Tool | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Gun Barrel City | None of its own | — | — | D− |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits count everyone. Seven Points’ 66,208 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
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 Seven Points
Does Seven Points have a public library?
Yes. The Library at Cedar Creek Lake, 410 E Cedar Creek Pkwy, serves Seven Points’ 4,192 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 50 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is The Library at Cedar Creek Lake 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 Seven Points’ library?
It logged 15.8 visits and lent 4.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Seven Points’ civic life grade?
C− Seven Points is ahead of 20% 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 Seven Points.
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.