Coon Valley’s library runs 224 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Knutson Memorial Library serves Coon Valley’s 1,763 residents. Last year it lent 10K print books and media and logged 12K visits.
What Coon Valley’s library is like
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Knutson Memorial Library ran 395 programs last year, about 8 a week. That’s 224 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Knutson Memorial Library serves 1,763 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 24 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
A place to get online
Knutson Memorial Library logs about 29 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 8 public computers. That’s 6 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Coon Valley’s civic life grade
Coon Valley 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 →
About 2 kids’ programs 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 Coon Valley last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Knutson Memorial Library serves 1,763 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
10K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 16K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.6 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Knutson Memorial Library, 500 Central Ave., Coon Valley.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Coon Valley? 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 $2.20 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Coon Valley cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $84K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $185K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $84K 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 810 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.
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 Coon Valley
Does Coon Valley have a public library?
Yes. Knutson Memorial Library, 500 Central Ave., serves Coon Valley’s 1,763 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 24 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Knutson Memorial 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 Coon Valley’s library?
It logged 6.6 visits and lent 5.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Coon Valley’s civic life grade?
Coon Valley 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 Coon Valley.
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.