Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5Marion Oaks’ library is a branch of Marion County Public Library System, which lends less per resident than 78% of systems its size
Marion Oaks’s library is the Marion Oaks Public Library, a branch of Marion County Public Library System, which serves 413,951 people and lent 760K items last year.
What stands out about Marion Oaks Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Marion Oaks’ civic life grade
Marion Oaks isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Marion County Public Library System, so there is no town figure for visits.
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 →
Volunteering in Marion Oaks
Marion Oaks is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
3.7%
3.7% of Marion Oaks’ Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 5.6% in the typical Florida 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 Marion Oaks’ residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Marion County Public Library System serves 413,951 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 38 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Marion County Public Library System system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
760K 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 Marion Oaks’ library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
About 15 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
Marion Oaks Public Library, 294 Marion Oaks Lane, Ocala.
Good at every Marion County Public Library System branch.
New in Marion Oaks? 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 $1.51 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Marion Oaks cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $14M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $9M 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 237,772 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. Marion Oaks Public Library is one branch of Marion County Public Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 413,951 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 Marion Oaks
Does Marion Oaks have a public library?
Yes: Marion Oaks Public Library, 294 Marion Oaks Lane, is a branch of Marion County Public Library System, which serves 413,951 people. The branch is open about 44 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Marion County Public Library System fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Marion Oaks’ library?
It logged 1.4 visits and lent 1.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Marion Oaks’ civic life grade?
Marion Oaks isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Marion County Public Library System, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Marion Oaks.
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.