Haleyville’s library runs 4.4 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Haleyville Public Library serves Haleyville’s 4,348 residents. Last year it lent 12K books, movies and e-books and logged 7,906 visits.
What Haleyville’s library is like
Few programs for a library this size
Haleyville Public Library offered 19 programs last year, 4.4 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Nearly everyone in Haleyville has a card
3,934 cards for 4,348 people, or 90%. At the typical library serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, it’s 42%. How it compares ↓
42% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 42% of loans. Print still makes up 58%, much of it kids’ books. 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 Haleyville’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Haleyville is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns, #142 of 156 in Alabama. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; library visits come closest to the middle.
Haleyville’s 2024 visits are an estimate from one typical week (the survey’s method for libraries that don’t count every visit).
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($32K–$53K) 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 →
9 community nonprofits are registered in Haleyville
2.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
2.8%
2.8% of Haleyville’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 4.8% in the typical Alabama 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 Haleyville’s residents live; 2022.
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.
Haleyville Public Library serves 4,348 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
42% of borrowing is digital
12K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 15K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.5 time last year, on average.
4,944 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
19 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Haleyville last year.
Find it
Haleyville Public Library, 913 20th Street, Haleyville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Haleyville? 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 $1.34 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Haleyville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $146K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $195K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $146K 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 3,934 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Haleyville Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Haleyville
Does Haleyville have a public library?
Yes. Haleyville Public Library, 913 20th Street, serves Haleyville’s 4,348 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 45 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Haleyville Public Library 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 Haleyville’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 2.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Haleyville’s civic life grade?
D− Haleyville is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns on civic life, #142 of 156 in Alabama. 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 Haleyville.
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.