Photo: The original uploader was Skarg at English Wikipedia. · CC BY 2.5Conyers’ library is a branch of Conyers-Rockdale Library System, which lends less per resident than 85% of systems its size
Conyers’s library is the Nancy Guinn Memorial Library, a branch of Conyers-Rockdale Library System, which serves 96,730 people and lent 125K items last year.
Conyers’s library, in brief
The Conyers-Rockdale Library System is used less than most libraries its size
The Conyers-Rockdale Library System records 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people. Borrowing is 1.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7. It also spends less than most: $19 per resident, against a typical $40. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Conyers-Rockdale Library System offered 71 programs last year, 0.7 per 1,000 residents against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Georgia pays a big share
28% of the budget comes from the state, and 68% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Most programs are for young children
70% of the 71 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 29 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 8% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 96% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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; Conyers’s library is a branch of Conyers-Rockdale Library System, so they cover the whole system (96,730 people), not just the Conyers branch.
What’s behind Conyers’ civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Conyers is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns, #98 of 222 in Georgia. Conyers is graded on two of the three inputs. Conyers’ count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Conyers-Rockdale Library System spends $19 per resident, against a typical $40 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($47K–$79K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
77 community nonprofits are registered in Conyers
4.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (28 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 5 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
3.2%
3.2% of Conyers’ Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 4.9% in the typical Georgia 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 Conyers’ residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Conyers-Rockdale Library System serves 96,730 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 47 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Conyers-Rockdale Library System system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
125K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
9,437 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
71 programs a year
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
Nancy Guinn Memorial Library, 864 Green Street, Conyers.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Conyers-Rockdale Library System branch.
New in Conyers? 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 $1.14 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Conyers cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.9M 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 57,217 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conyers | Nancy Guinn Memorial Library | — | 52 | C− |
| Milstead | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Nancy Guinn Memorial Library is one branch of Conyers-Rockdale Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 96,730 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 Conyers
Does Conyers have a public library?
Yes: Nancy Guinn Memorial Library, 864 Green Street, is a branch of Conyers-Rockdale Library System, which serves 96,730 people. The branch is open about 52 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Conyers-Rockdale 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 Conyers’ library?
It logged 0.6 visits and lent 1.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Conyers’ civic life grade?
C− Conyers is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns on civic life, #98 of 222 in Georgia. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Conyers.
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.