Fort Reno · Public domainKaycee’s library is a branch of Johnson County Library System, which lends more per resident than 69% of systems its size
Kaycee’s library is the Kaycee Branch Library, a branch of Johnson County Library System, which serves 8,759 people and lent 75K items last year.
What Kaycee’s library is like
Open only about 21 hours a week
The Kaycee branch keeps short hours: about 21 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 89% of similar-size libraries. It’s 35% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Most programs are for young children
69% of the 246 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.2 a week for ages 0–5. 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; Kaycee’s library is a branch of Johnson County Library System, so they cover the whole system (8,759 people), not just the Kaycee branch.
What’s behind Kaycee’s civic life grade
Kaycee 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 →
Mostly books and media off the shelf
75K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
26,545 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 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Johnson County Library System serves 8,759 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 22 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Johnson County Library System system. The library’s own count.
About 3 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
Kaycee Branch Library, 231 Ritter Ave, Kaycee.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Johnson County Library System branch.
New in Kaycee? 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 $2.28 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Kaycee cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $534K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $534K 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 4,427 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Kaycee Branch Library is one branch of Johnson County Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 8,759 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 Kaycee
Does Kaycee have a public library?
Yes: Kaycee Branch Library, 231 Ritter Ave, is a branch of Johnson County Library System, which serves 8,759 people. The branch is open about 21 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Johnson 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 Kaycee’s library?
It logged 4.9 visits and lent 8.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Kaycee’s civic life grade?
Kaycee 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 Kaycee.
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.