Moody’s library logs 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Moody - Doris Stanley Memorial Library serves Moody’s 20,641 residents. Last year it lent 35K books, movies and e-books and logged 20K visits.
Moody’s library, in brief
Moody - Doris Stanley Memorial Library is used less than most libraries its size
Moody - Doris Stanley Memorial Library records 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 1.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $10 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Still charges late fines, unlike its neighbors
Moody - Doris Stanley Memorial Library charges late fines on some overdue items. Two of the three libraries in neighboring towns have dropped them. What your card is worth ↓
Programs lean toward adults
51% of the 438 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 206 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
Moody - Doris Stanley Memorial Library spends $10 per resident, less than 96% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). What your card is worth ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 60% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 75% of similar-size libraries, so the high share mostly reflects light borrowing by adults. 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 Moody’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Moody is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns, #117 of 156 in Alabama. Moody is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
Moody - Doris Stanley Memorial Library spends $10 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($65K–$108K) 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 →
27 community nonprofits are registered in Moody
2.0 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 (8 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 3 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.8%
5.8% of Moody’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 Moody’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Moody - Doris Stanley Memorial Library serves 20,641 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 15 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
35K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 20K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.3 time last year, on average.
7,492 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 4 kids’ programs a week
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 Moody last year.
Find it
Moody - Doris Stanley Memorial Library, 300 Bookmark Circle, Moody.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Moody? 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 $2.66 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Moody cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $213K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $566K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $213K 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 7,461 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Moody ranks 3rd of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trussville | Trussville Public Library | 11.7 | 57 | B |
| Leeds | Leeds - Jane Culbreth Library fine-free | 6.1 | 43 | C |
| Moody | Moody - Doris Stanley Memorial Library | 1.7 | 45 | D |
| Odenville | Odenville Public Library fine-free | 1.2 | 40 | 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 Moody
Does Moody have a public library?
Yes. Moody - Doris Stanley Memorial Library, 300 Bookmark Circle, serves Moody’s 20,641 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 45 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Moody - Doris Stanley Memorial 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 Moody’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 1.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Moody’s civic life grade?
D Moody is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns on civic life, #117 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 Moody.
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.