Gunn, O.D., Trade and Sale Barn · Photo: Kendra321 · CC BY-SA 4.0Quitman’s library is a branch of White River Regional Library, which lends less per resident than 87% of systems its size
Quitman’s library is the Cleburne County Library- Quitman, a branch of White River Regional Library, which serves 80,973 people and lent 137K items last year.
Quitman’s library, in brief
The White River Regional Library system is used less than most libraries its size
The White River Regional Library system records 1.1 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people. Borrowing is 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7. It also spends less than most: $20 per resident, against a typical $40. How it compares ↓
Open only about 16 hours a week
The Quitman branch keeps short hours: about 16 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
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; Quitman’s library is a branch of White River Regional Library, so they cover the whole system (80,973 people), not just the Quitman branch.
What’s behind Quitman’s civic life grade
Quitman 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 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
White River Regional Library serves 80,973 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole White River Regional Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
137K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
46,782 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
What kids borrow
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Find it
Cleburne County Library- Quitman, 5904 Heber Springs Road West, Quitman.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every White River Regional Library branch.
New in Quitman? 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 $1.26 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Quitman cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.6M 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 56,531 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Cleburne County Library- Quitman is one branch of White River Regional Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 80,973 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 Quitman
Does Quitman have a public library?
Yes: Cleburne County Library- Quitman, 5904 Heber Springs Road West, is a branch of White River Regional Library, which serves 80,973 people. The branch is open about 16 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is White River Regional 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 Quitman’s library?
It logged 1.1 visits and lent 1.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Quitman’s civic life grade?
Quitman 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 Quitman.
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.