Photo: fafinney · CC BY-SA 4.0Frederic’s library logs 12 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Frederic Public Library serves Frederic’s 3,156 residents. Last year it lent 35K books, movies and e-books and logged 38K visits.
The short version on Frederic’s library
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Frederic Public Library ran 343 programs last year, about 7 a week. That’s 109 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 4,948 attended. Kids & programs ↓
People come to Frederic Public Library a lot
Frederic Public Library logs 12 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 96% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 7.4 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3.7 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 93% of similar-size libraries. It’s 33% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Most programs are for young children
65% of the 343 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 3.4 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
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 Frederic’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Frederic is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns. Frederic is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Frederic
4.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
10.7%
10.7% of Frederic’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.6% in the typical Wisconsin 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 Frederic’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 16 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Frederic Public Library serves 3,156 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
35K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 15K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.5 times last year, on average.
11,646 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 4 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 Frederic last year.
Find it
Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak St. W., Frederic.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Frederic? 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 $3.79 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Frederic cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $159K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $604K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $159K 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 1,312 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederic | Frederic Public Library fine-free | 11.1 | 43 | A |
| West Sweden | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Luck | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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.
- 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 Frederic
Does Frederic have a public library?
Yes. Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak St. W., serves Frederic’s 3,156 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Frederic 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 Frederic’s library?
It logged 11.9 visits and lent 11.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Frederic’s civic life grade?
A Frederic is ahead of 86% 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 Frederic.
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.