Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0West Tawakoni’s library logs 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Tawakoni Area Public Library serves West Tawakoni’s 4,878 residents. Last year it lent 11K books, movies and e-books and logged 4,489 visits.
What West Tawakoni’s library is like
Tawakoni Area Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Tawakoni Area Public Library records 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 1.7 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 ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Tawakoni Area Public Library offered 19 programs last year, 3.9 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 22 hours a week
Tawakoni Area Public Library keeps short hours: about 22 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Runs on less money than most
Tawakoni Area Public 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.
What’s behind West Tawakoni’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, West Tawakoni is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. West Tawakoni is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
Tawakoni Area Public Library spends $5 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($45K–$76K) 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 West Tawakoni
1.5 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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.8%
6.8% of West Tawakoni’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 West Tawakoni’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Tawakoni Area Public Library serves 4,878 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. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
11K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 18K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.5 time last year, on average.
2,484 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
19 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 West Tawakoni last year.
Find it
Tawakoni Area Public Library, 340 W Hwy 276, West Tawakoni.
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 $6.80 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average West Tawakoni cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $27K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $181K 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 3,419 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 West Tawakoni
Does West Tawakoni have a public library?
Yes. Tawakoni Area Public Library, 340 W Hwy 276, serves West Tawakoni’s 4,878 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 22 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Tawakoni Area Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is West Tawakoni’s library?
It logged 0.9 visits and lent 2.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is West Tawakoni’s civic life grade?
D West Tawakoni is ahead of 14% 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 West Tawakoni.
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.