Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Hulett’s library is a branch of Crook County Public Library System, which lends more per resident than 69% of systems its size
Hulett’s library is the Hulett Branch Library, a branch of Crook County Public Library System, which serves 7,592 people and lent 58K items last year.
The short version on Hulett’s library
Six times the programs of a typical library its size
The Crook County Public Library System ran 1,649 programs last year, about 32 a week. That’s 217 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 23,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 58% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 79% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
A well-funded system
The Crook County Public Library System spends $86 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. All of it comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
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; Hulett’s library is a branch of Crook County Public Library System, so they cover the whole system (7,592 people), not just the Hulett branch.
What’s behind Hulett’s civic life grade
Hulett 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 →
About 18 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Crook County Public Library System serves 7,592 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, for the whole Crook County Public Library System system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
58K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
16,430 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Hulett Branch Library, 401 Sager, Hulett.
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 Crook County Public Library System branch.
New in Hulett? 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 $1.68 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hulett cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $652K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $652K 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 2,540 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Hulett Branch Library is one branch of Crook County Public Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 7,592 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 Hulett
Does Hulett have a public library?
Yes: Hulett Branch Library, 401 Sager, is a branch of Crook County Public Library System, which serves 7,592 people. The branch is open about 39 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Crook County Public 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 Hulett’s library?
It logged 3.4 visits and lent 7.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Hulett’s civic life grade?
Hulett 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 Hulett.
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.