Lyman’s library is a branch of Uinta County Library System, which lends more per resident than 62% of systems its size
Lyman’s library is the Lyman Branch Library, a branch of Uinta County Library System, which serves 20,745 people and lent 141K items last year.
Lyman’s library, in brief
Programs are almost all for children
88% of the 643 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 8.9 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Above typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, the Uinta County Library System is above the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, with three in the top 30%. No single number stands out, and none lags far behind. How it compares ↓
Open only about 22 hours a week
The Lyman branch keeps short hours: about 22 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
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; Lyman’s library is a branch of Uinta County Library System, so they cover the whole system (20,745 people), not just the Lyman branch.
What’s behind Lyman’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Lyman is ahead of 39% of U.S. towns. Lyman is graded on two of the three inputs. Lyman’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($76K–$126K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
7 community nonprofits are registered in Lyman
3.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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.
6.8%
6.8% of Lyman’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.3% in the typical Wyoming 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 Lyman’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Uinta County Library System serves 20,745 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 35 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Uinta County Library System system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
141K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
38,458 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
Lyman Branch Library, 129 S. Franklin St., Lyman.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Uinta County Library System branch.
New in Lyman? 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 $4.95 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lyman cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $454K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $454K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 11,799 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Lyman Branch Library is one branch of Uinta County Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 20,745 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 Lyman
Does Lyman have a public library?
Yes: Lyman Branch Library, 129 S. Franklin St., is a branch of Uinta County Library System, which serves 20,745 people. The branch is open about 22 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Uinta County Library System fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Lyman’s library?
It logged 4.0 visits and lent 6.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Lyman’s civic life grade?
C+ Lyman is ahead of 39% 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 Lyman.
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.