Hueytown’s library lends 5.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Hueytown Public Library serves Hueytown’s 16,369 residents. Last year it lent 104K books, movies and e-books and logged 14K visits.
What Hueytown’s library is like
Hueytown out-borrows every town next door
At 6.3 loans per resident, Hueytown leads the four towns here. The closest is Birmingham, at 3.2. Libraries next door ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Hueytown Public Library offered 108 programs last year, 6.6 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Fewer visits than most libraries its size
Hueytown Public Library records 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, below 92% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing holds up better, at 5.7 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
56% of the 108 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 46 were for children. 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.
What’s behind Hueytown’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Hueytown is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns, #107 of 156 in Alabama. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Hueytown’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Hueytown Public Library spends $8 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($47K–$78K) 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 →
57 community nonprofits are registered in Hueytown
3.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (19 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.5%
5.5% of Hueytown’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 Hueytown’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Hueytown Public Library serves 16,369 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 51 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
104K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 24K books and other items on the shelves went out about 3.9 times last year, on average.
9,969 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
108 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 Hueytown last year.
Find it
Hueytown Public Library, 1372 Hueytown Road, Hueytown.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Hueytown? 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 $13.21 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hueytown cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $124K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $124K 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 3,370 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Hueytown borrows the most per resident of the 4 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hueytown | Hueytown Public Library | 6.3 | 39 | D |
| Birmingham | Birmingham Public - Central Branch | 3.2 | 52 | B |
| Pleasant Grove | Pleasant Grove Public Library | 2.2 | 46 | C− |
| Bessemer | Bessemer Public Library | 2.0 | 55 | D |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
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 Hueytown
Does Hueytown have a public library?
Yes. Hueytown Public Library, 1372 Hueytown Road, serves Hueytown’s 16,369 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 39 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hueytown 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 Hueytown’s library?
It logged 0.9 visits and lent 6.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Hueytown’s civic life grade?
D Hueytown is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns on civic life, #107 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 Hueytown.
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.