Weston-Babcock House · Photo: Jeff the quiet · CC0Necedah’s library lends 5.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Necedah Community-Siegler Memorial Library serves Necedah’s 2,987 residents. Last year it lent 16K print books and media and logged 7,207 visits.
What stands out about Necedah’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Necedah’s civic life grade
Necedah 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Necedah Community-Siegler Memorial Library serves 2,987 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 11 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
16K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 23K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.7 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
115 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 Necedah last year.
Find it
Necedah Community-Siegler Memorial Library, 217 Oak Grove Dr., Necedah.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Necedah? 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 $2.98 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Necedah cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $94K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $280K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $94K 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 1,651 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 Necedah
Does Necedah have a public library?
Yes. Necedah Community-Siegler Memorial Library, 217 Oak Grove Dr., serves Necedah’s 2,987 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 28 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Necedah Community-Siegler Memorial Library 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 Necedah’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 5.2 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Necedah’s civic life grade?
Necedah 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 Necedah.
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.