Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Holly’s library logs 1.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Holly Public Library serves Holly’s 816 residents. Last year it lent 936 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,143 visits.
What Holly’s library is like
Holly Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Holly Public Library records 1.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $29 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
50% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 31%. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Holly Public Library offered 2 programs last year, 2.5 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Holly Public Library serves 816 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 ↓
Open only about 20 hours a week
Holly Public Library keeps short hours: about 20 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Holly’s civic life grade
Holly 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 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Holly Public Library serves 816 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Holly Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
936 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 8,361 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
2 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 Holly last year.
Find it
Holly Public Library, 100 Tony Garcia Drive, Holly.
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 Holly cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $24K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $14K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $24K budget.
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 547 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Holly
Does Holly have a public library?
Yes. Holly Public Library, 100 Tony Garcia Drive, serves Holly’s 816 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Holly Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Holly’s library?
It logged 1.4 visits and lent 1.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Holly’s civic life grade?
Holly 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 Holly.
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.