Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainGranger’s library is a branch of Sweetwater County Library System, which lends more per resident than 56% of systems its size
Granger’s library is the Granger Branch Library, a branch of Sweetwater County Library System, which serves 41,249 people and lent 242K items last year.
What Granger’s library is like
Open only about 10 hours a week
The Granger branch keeps short hours: about 10 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Most programs are for young children
75% of the 651 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 5.8 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
82% of the people it serves carry a library card
33,769 cards for 41,249 people, or 82%. At the typical library serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, it’s 39%. How it compares ↓
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; Granger’s library is a branch of Sweetwater County Library System, so they cover the whole system (41,249 people), not just the Granger branch.
What’s behind Granger’s civic life grade
Granger 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 all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Sweetwater County Library System serves 41,249 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 19 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Sweetwater County Library System system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: visits. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
242K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
66,725 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 9 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
Granger Branch Library, 200 First St., Granger.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Sweetwater County Library System branch.
New in Granger? 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 $1.21 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Granger cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.2M 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 33,769 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Sweetwater County Library System didn’t report visits; the survey’s estimate is its own, so we leave it out and never rank it.
- System-wide. Granger Branch Library is one branch of Sweetwater County Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 41,249 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 Granger
Does Granger have a public library?
Yes: Granger Branch Library, 200 First St., is a branch of Sweetwater County Library System, which serves 41,249 people. The branch is open about 10 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Sweetwater 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 Granger’s library?
It lent 5.9 items per resident in 2024 (print and digital) and ran 651 programs that drew 20,389 people. Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Granger’s civic life grade?
Granger 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 Granger.
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.