Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Hayneville’s library logs 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Hayneville - Lowndes County Public Library serves 5,171 people in and around Hayneville. Last year it lent 3,553 books, movies and e-books and logged 4,565 visits.
The short version on Hayneville’s library
Hayneville - Lowndes County Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Hayneville - Lowndes County Public Library records 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $4 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Hayneville - Lowndes County Public Library offered 19 programs last year, 3.7 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Alabama pays a big share
26% of the budget comes from the state, and 74% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Runs on less money than most
Hayneville - Lowndes County Public Library spends $4 per resident, less than 99% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). 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; Hayneville - Lowndes County Public Library serves 5,171 people in and around Hayneville, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Hayneville’s civic life grade
Hayneville 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Hayneville - Lowndes County Public Library serves 5,171 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Hayneville - Lowndes County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
3,553 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
19 programs a year
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
Hayneville - Lowndes County Public Library, 215 B Tuskeena Street, Hayneville.
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 Hayneville - Lowndes County Public Library branch.
New in Hayneville? 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 $2.90 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hayneville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $19K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $56K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $19K 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 1,995 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Hayneville - Lowndes County Public Library serves 5,171 people in and around Hayneville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Hayneville.
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 Hayneville
Does Hayneville have a public library?
Yes. Hayneville - Lowndes County Public Library, 215 B Tuskeena Street, serves 5,171 people in and around Hayneville (the survey’s count) and is open about 28 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hayneville - Lowndes County 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 Hayneville’s library?
It logged 0.9 visits and lent 0.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Hayneville’s civic life grade?
Hayneville 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 Hayneville.
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.