Edgerton’s library is a branch of Natrona County Library System, which lends more per resident than 63% of systems its size
Edgerton’s library is the Mj Davis Memorial Library, a branch of Natrona County Library System, which serves 79,941 people and lent 576K items last year.
What stands out about Mj Davis Memorial Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Edgerton’s civic life grade
Edgerton 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 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Natrona County Library System serves 79,941 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 112 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Natrona County Library System system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
576K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
166,153 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 11 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Mj Davis Memorial Library, 303 N 2nd, Edgerton.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Natrona County Library System branch.
New in Edgerton? 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 $2.56 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Edgerton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $8.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.5M 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 23,960 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Mj Davis Memorial Library is one branch of Natrona County Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 79,941 people it serves.
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 Edgerton
Does Edgerton have a public library?
Yes: Mj Davis Memorial Library, 303 N 2nd, is a branch of Natrona County Library System, which serves 79,941 people. The branch is open about 18 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Natrona County Library System 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 Edgerton’s library?
It logged 4.2 visits and lent 7.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Edgerton’s civic life grade?
Edgerton 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 Edgerton.
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.