Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0White Hall’s library logs 0.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
White Hall Public Library serves White Hall’s 2,107 residents. Last year it logged 150 visits.
The short version on White Hall’s library
Alabama pays a big share
48% of the budget comes from the state, and 49% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Open only about 13 hours a week
White Hall Public Library keeps short hours: about 13 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Few programs for a library this size
White Hall Public Library offered 2 programs last year, 0.9 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
White Hall Public Library serves 2,107 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 12% of the people White Hall Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind White Hall’s civic life grade
White Hall 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 5 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
White Hall Public Library serves 2,107 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at White Hall Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Loans aren’t shown: this year’s report counted only 75 items borrowed against 150 visits, so we leave the count out.
2 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
White Hall Public Library, 640 Freedom Road, White Hall.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in White Hall? 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 White Hall cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $5,326.
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 259 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- 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 White Hall
Does White Hall have a public library?
Yes. White Hall Public Library, 640 Freedom Road, serves White Hall’s 2,107 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 13 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is White Hall 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 White Hall’s library?
It logged 0.1 visits per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is White Hall’s civic life grade?
White Hall 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 White Hall.
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.