Photo: The Bushranger · CC BY-SA 4.0Fort Braden’s library is a branch of Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library Syst, which lends less per resident than 53% of systems its size
Fort Braden’s library is the Fort Braden Branch, a branch of Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library Syst, which serves 300,806 people and lent 908K items last year.
What stands out about Fort Braden Branch
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Fort Braden’s civic life grade
Fort Braden 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 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library Syst serves 300,806 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 60 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library Syst system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
908K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Fort Braden’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
About 20 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
Fort Braden Branch, 16327 Blountstown Highway, Tallahassee.
Good at every Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library Syst branch.
New in Fort Braden? 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 $2.48 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Fort Braden cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $6.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $16M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $6.4M 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 139,759 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Fort Braden Branch is one branch of Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library Syst, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 300,806 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 Fort Braden
Does Fort Braden have a public library?
Yes: Fort Braden Branch, 16327 Blountstown Highway, is a branch of Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library Syst, which serves 300,806 people. The branch is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library Syst fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Fort Braden’s library?
It logged 2.0 visits and lent 3.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Fort Braden’s civic life grade?
Fort Braden 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 Fort Braden.
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.