Hazel Green’s library is a branch of Huntsville - Madison County Public Library, which lends more per resident than 80% of systems its size
Hazel Green’s library is the Huntsville Public - Tillman Hill Branch, a branch of Huntsville - Madison County Public Library, which serves 403,565 people and lent 3M items last year.
What Hazel Green’s library is like
Busy on a lean budget
The Huntsville - Madison County Public Library system spends $20 per resident, less than 79% of similar-size libraries (typical: $36). It’s still busier than 81% of them. What your card is worth ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 59% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 85% of similar-size libraries. 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; Hazel Green’s library is a branch of Huntsville - Madison County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (403,565 people), not just the Hazel Green branch.
What’s behind Hazel Green’s civic life grade
Hazel Green isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Huntsville - Madison County Public Library, so there is no town figure for visits.
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 →
Volunteering in Hazel Green
Hazel Green is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
5.1%
5.1% of Hazel Green’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 Hazel Green’s residents live; 2022.
About 55 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Huntsville - Madison County Public Library serves 403,565 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 122 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Huntsville - Madison County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
3M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
447,924 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Huntsville Public - Tillman Hill Branch, 131 Knowledge Drive, Hazel Green.
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 Huntsville - Madison County Public Library branch.
New in Hazel Green? 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 $5.40 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hazel Green cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $8.2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $44M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $8.2M 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 138,266 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Huntsville Public - Tillman Hill Branch is one branch of Huntsville - Madison County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 403,565 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 Hazel Green
Does Hazel Green have a public library?
Yes: Huntsville Public - Tillman Hill Branch, 131 Knowledge Drive, is a branch of Huntsville - Madison County Public Library, which serves 403,565 people. The branch is open about 37 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Huntsville - Madison 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 Hazel Green’s library?
It logged 3.3 visits and lent 7.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Hazel Green’s civic life grade?
Hazel Green isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Huntsville - Madison County Public Library, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Hazel Green.
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.