Taylor’s library is a branch of Columbia County Library, which lends less per resident than 67% of systems its size
Taylor’s library is the Taylor Public Library, a branch of Columbia County Library, which serves 22,024 people and lent 75K items last year.
The short version on Taylor’s library
Open only about 14 hours a week
The Taylor branch keeps short hours: about 14 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Programs are almost all for children
80% of the 342 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 4.4 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
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; Taylor’s library is a branch of Columbia County Library, so they cover the whole system (22,024 people), not just the Taylor branch.
What’s behind Taylor’s civic life grade
Taylor 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 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Columbia County Library serves 22,024 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 27 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Columbia County Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
75K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
17,267 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 5 kids’ programs a week
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
Taylor Public Library, 101 West Pope, Taylor.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Columbia County Library branch.
New in Taylor? 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 $2.67 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Taylor cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $464K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $464K 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 7,583 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Taylor Public Library is one branch of Columbia County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 22,024 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 Taylor
Does Taylor have a public library?
Yes: Taylor Public Library, 101 West Pope, is a branch of Columbia County Library, which serves 22,024 people. The branch is open about 14 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Columbia County 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 Taylor’s library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 3.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Taylor’s civic life grade?
Taylor 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 Taylor.
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.