Photo: Praiawart · CC BY 4.0Pardeeville’s library runs 56 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Angie Williams Cox Public Library serves Pardeeville’s 3,603 residents. Last year it lent 21K books, movies and e-books and logged 12K visits.
Pardeeville’s library, in brief
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
32% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 68%. What your card is worth ↓
The library is a National Register landmark
Cox, Angie Williams, Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1990. Today’s library there has 4,992 square feet. The building ↓
A place to get online
Angie Williams Cox Public Library logs about 113 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 5 public computers. That’s 11 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
Programs lean toward adults
52% of the 202 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 47 were for children. 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 Pardeeville’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Pardeeville is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. Pardeeville is graded on two of the three inputs. Pardeeville’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($49K–$81K) 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 →
7 community nonprofits are registered in Pardeeville
4.3 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.2%
5.2% of Pardeeville’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 Pardeeville’s residents live; 2022.
A National Register landmark since 1990
Angie Williams Cox Public Library, 119 N. Main St., Pardeeville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Pardeeville? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Cox, Angie Williams, Library
Cox, Angie Williams, Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Nov 15, 1990. It is significant for its education and social history at the local level. Its architecture is described as Colonial Revival. It was listed as part of Public Library Facilities of Wisconsin MPS.
The Angie Williams Cox Public Library is located in Pardeeville, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The library is also listed on the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.
More about the building →Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Angie Williams Cox Public Library serves 3,603 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
21K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 17K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.9 time last year, on average.
5,682 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
202 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 Pardeeville last year.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.63 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pardeeville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $176K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $463K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $176K 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 1,619 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 Pardeeville
Does Pardeeville have a public library?
Yes. Angie Williams Cox Public Library, 119 N. Main St., serves Pardeeville’s 3,603 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 42 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Angie Williams Cox 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 Pardeeville’s library?
It logged 3.3 visits and lent 5.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Pardeeville’s civic life grade?
C Pardeeville is ahead of 31% 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 Pardeeville.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.