Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Byromville’s library is a branch of Lake Blackshear Regional Library System, which lends less per resident than 89% of systems its size
Byromville’s library is the Byromville Public Library, a branch of Lake Blackshear Regional Library System, which serves 63,626 people and lent 87K items last year.
The short version on Byromville’s library
The Lake Blackshear Regional Library System is used less than most libraries its size
The Lake Blackshear Regional Library System records 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people. Borrowing is 1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7. It also spends less than most: $21 per resident, against a typical $40. How it compares ↓
Georgia pays a big share
46% of the budget comes from the state, and 49% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Lake Blackshear Regional Library System offered 276 programs last year, 4.3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
73% of the 276 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.2 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; Byromville’s library is a branch of Lake Blackshear Regional Library System, so they cover the whole system (63,626 people), not just the Byromville branch.
What’s behind Byromville’s civic life grade
Byromville 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 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Lake Blackshear Regional Library System serves 63,626 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Lake Blackshear Regional Library System system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
87K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
22,890 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 4 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
Byromville Public Library, 452 Main Street, Byromville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Lake Blackshear Regional Library System branch.
New in Byromville? 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 $1.11 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Byromville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.3M 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 17,051 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Byromville Public Library is one branch of Lake Blackshear Regional Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 63,626 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 Byromville
Does Byromville have a public library?
Yes: Byromville Public Library, 452 Main Street, is a branch of Lake Blackshear Regional Library System, which serves 63,626 people.
Is Lake Blackshear Regional Library System 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 Byromville’s library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 1.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Byromville’s civic life grade?
Byromville 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 Byromville.
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.