Photo: Altairisfar · CC BY-SA 3.0Pine Apple’s library is a branch of Wilcox County Library, which lends less per resident than 96% of systems its size
Pine Apple’s library is the Wilcox County - Pine Apple Branch Library, a branch of Wilcox County Library, which serves 10,059 people and lent 5,881 items last year.
The short version on Pine Apple’s library
The Wilcox County Library system is used less than most libraries its size
The Wilcox County Library system records 0.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 0.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $16 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Wilcox County Library system offered 35 programs last year, 3.5 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 22 hours a week
The Pine Apple branch keeps short hours: about 22 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 0% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. 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; Pine Apple’s library is a branch of Wilcox County Library, so they cover the whole system (10,059 people), not just the Pine Apple branch.
What’s behind Pine Apple’s civic life grade
Pine Apple 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 →
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.
Wilcox County Library serves 10,059 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Wilcox County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
5,881 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
35 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
Wilcox County - Pine Apple Branch Library, 124 County Road 59, Pine Apple.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Wilcox County Library branch.
New in Pine Apple? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pine Apple cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $161K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $101K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $161K 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 5,392 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Wilcox County - Pine Apple Branch Library is one branch of Wilcox County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 10,059 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 Pine Apple
Does Pine Apple have a public library?
Yes: Wilcox County - Pine Apple Branch Library, 124 County Road 59, is a branch of Wilcox County Library, which serves 10,059 people. The branch is open about 22 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Wilcox County 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 Pine Apple’s library?
It logged 0.2 visits and lent 0.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Pine Apple’s civic life grade?
Pine Apple 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 Pine Apple.
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.