Throckmorton County Courthouse and Jail · Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Throckmorton’s library logs 0.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Depot Public Library serves 1,526 people in and around Throckmorton. Last year it lent 687 print books and media and logged 1,224 visits.
Throckmorton’s library, in brief
Depot Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Depot Public Library records 0.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 0.5 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $17 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
36% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 64%. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Depot Public Library offered 13 programs last year, 8.5 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 20% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Depot Public Library spends $17 per resident, less than 93% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). 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; Depot Public Library serves 1,526 people in and around Throckmorton, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Throckmorton’s civic life grade
Throckmorton isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Depot Public Library serves 1,526 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Depot Public Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Depot Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
687 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
13 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
Depot Public Library, 120 E Chestnut St., Throckmorton.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Depot Public Library branch.
New in Throckmorton? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Throckmorton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $27K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $13K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $27K 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 298 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.
- System-wide. Depot Public Library serves 1,526 people in and around Throckmorton, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Throckmorton.
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 Throckmorton
Does Throckmorton have a public library?
Yes. Depot Public Library, 120 E Chestnut St., serves 1,526 people in and around Throckmorton (the survey’s count) and is open about 23 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Depot 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 Throckmorton’s library?
It logged 0.8 visits and lent 0.5 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Throckmorton’s civic life grade?
Throckmorton isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Throckmorton.
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.