Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Brantley’s library lends 5 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Brantley Public Library serves Brantley’s 3,281 residents. Last year it lent 16K books, movies and e-books and logged 1,280 visits.
The short version on Brantley’s library
Few programs for a library this size
Brantley Public Library offered 1 programs last year, 0.3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 16 hours a week
Brantley Public Library keeps short hours: about 16 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Fewer visits than most libraries its size
Brantley Public Library records 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, below 97% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing holds up better, at 5 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Brantley Public Library spends $9 per resident, less than 96% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). What your card is worth ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 0% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. The print collection works hard: each item went out about 2.2 times last year. What people borrow ↓
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.
What’s behind Brantley’s civic life grade
Brantley 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 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Brantley Public Library serves 3,281 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 20 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
16K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 7,600 books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.2 times last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
1 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Brantley last year.
Find it
Brantley Public Library, 10 Mlk Drive, Brantley.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Brantley? 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 $8.85 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Brantley cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $30K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $262K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $30K 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 1,145 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Brantley
Does Brantley have a public library?
Yes. Brantley Public Library, 10 Mlk Drive, serves Brantley’s 3,281 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 16 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Brantley Public Library 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 Brantley’s library?
It logged 0.4 visits and lent 5.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Brantley’s civic life grade?
Brantley 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 Brantley.
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.