Wilsonville’s library logs 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Wilsonville - Vernice Stoudenmire Library serves Wilsonville’s 1,893 residents. Last year it lent 5,436 print books and media and logged 1,800 visits.
The short version on Wilsonville’s library
A small-town library
Wilsonville - Vernice Stoudenmire Library serves 1,893 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 28 hours a week. 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 ↓
Fewer visits than most libraries its size
Wilsonville - Vernice Stoudenmire Library records 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, below 92% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing holds up better, at 2.9 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
A place to get online
Wilsonville - Vernice Stoudenmire Library logs about 60 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 4 public computers. That’s 12 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
Runs on less money than most
Wilsonville - Vernice Stoudenmire Library spends $18 per resident, less than 92% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Wilsonville’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Wilsonville is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Wilsonville’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Wilsonville - Vernice Stoudenmire Library spends $18 per resident, against a typical $54 for libraries its size, and its 2024 visits are an estimate from one typical week (the survey’s method for libraries that don’t count every visit).
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($54K–$90K) 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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Wilsonville
2.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.7%
5.7% of Wilsonville’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 Wilsonville’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Wilsonville - Vernice Stoudenmire Library serves 1,893 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
5,436 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 9,476 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.6 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
56 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 Wilsonville last year.
Find it
Wilsonville - Vernice Stoudenmire Library, 9905 North Main Street, Wilsonville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Wilsonville? 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 $4.28 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Wilsonville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $35K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $149K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $35K 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 665 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Wilsonville - Vernice Stoudenmire Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Wilsonville
Does Wilsonville have a public library?
Yes. Wilsonville - Vernice Stoudenmire Library, 9905 North Main Street, serves Wilsonville’s 1,893 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 28 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Wilsonville - Vernice Stoudenmire 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 Wilsonville’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 2.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Wilsonville’s civic life grade?
D Wilsonville is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Wilsonville.
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.