Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site · Photo: Rivers A. Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Tuskegee’s library logs 0 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Macon County - Tuskegee Public Library serves 18,516 people in and around Tuskegee. Last year it logged 465 visits.
Tuskegee’s library, in brief
Few programs for a library this size
Macon County - Tuskegee Public Library offered 7 programs last year, 0.4 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
Macon County - Tuskegee Public Library spends $8 per resident, less than 98% 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; Macon County - Tuskegee Public Library serves 18,516 people in and around Tuskegee, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Tuskegee’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Tuskegee is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns, #31 of 156 in Alabama. Tuskegee is graded on two of the three inputs. Tuskegee’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Among U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($28K–$48K) it does better, ahead of 56%.
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 →
81 community nonprofits are registered in Tuskegee
9.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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 (15 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 5 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
1.6%
1.6% of Tuskegee’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 Tuskegee’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 5 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Macon County - Tuskegee Public Library serves 18,516 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
A year at Macon County - Tuskegee Public Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Macon County - Tuskegee Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Loans aren’t shown: this year’s report counted only 310 items borrowed against 465 visits, so we leave the count out.
7 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
Macon County - Tuskegee Public Library, 302 South Main Street, Tuskegee.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Macon County - Tuskegee Public Library branch.
New in Tuskegee? 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 Tuskegee cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $151K.
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 6,401 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Macon County - Tuskegee Public Library serves 18,516 people in and around Tuskegee, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Tuskegee.
- Loans left out. This year’s loan count is far below the library’s visits and shelves, so we leave it out.
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 Tuskegee
Does Tuskegee have a public library?
Yes. Macon County - Tuskegee Public Library, 302 South Main Street, serves 18,516 people in and around Tuskegee (the survey’s count) and is open about 29 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Macon County - Tuskegee 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 Tuskegee’s library?
It logged 0.0 visits per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Tuskegee’s civic life grade?
C+ Tuskegee is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns on civic life, #31 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 Tuskegee.
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.