Rest Haven Motel · Photo: Teemu08 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Spring Green’s library lends 13 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Spring Green Community Library serves Spring Green’s 4,149 residents. Last year it lent 66K books, movies and e-books and logged 39K visits.
Spring Green’s library, in brief
Spring Green uses its library more than almost any town its size
Spring Green Community Library logs 9.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 13 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 93% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 38% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 91% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 89 items per child in Spring Green last year. Kids & programs ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
27% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 73%. What your card is worth ↓
A place to get online
Spring Green Community Library logs about 181 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 4 public computers. That’s 16 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
Programs lean toward adults
50% of the 266 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 70 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 Spring Green’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Spring Green is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns. Spring Green is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Spring Green’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
13 community nonprofits are registered in Spring Green
9.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: arts & culture.
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.
8.3%
8.3% of Spring Green’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 Spring Green’s residents live; 2022.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
66K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 26K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.1 times last year, on average.
10,074 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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.
Spring Green Community Library serves 4,149 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 28 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 1 kids’ program 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 Spring Green last year.
Find it
Spring Green Community Library, 230 E. Monroe St., Spring Green.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Spring Green? 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 $4.00 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Spring Green cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $304K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $304K 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 2,395 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 Spring Green
Does Spring Green have a public library?
Yes. Spring Green Community Library, 230 E. Monroe St., serves Spring Green’s 4,149 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 46 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Spring Green Community 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 Spring Green’s library?
It logged 9.4 visits and lent 15.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Spring Green’s civic life grade?
A Spring Green is ahead of 88% 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 Spring Green.
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.