Photo: SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Greenville’s library is a branch of Pine Mountain Regional Library System, which lends less per resident than 94% of systems its size
Greenville’s library is the Greenville Area Public Library, a branch of Pine Mountain Regional Library System, which serves 62,955 people and lent 58K items last year.
Greenville’s library, in brief
The Pine Mountain Regional Library System is used less than most libraries its size
The Pine Mountain Regional Library System records 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people. Borrowing is 0.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7. It also spends less than most: $17 per resident, against a typical $40. How it compares ↓
Open only about 15 hours a week
The Greenville branch keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Georgia pays a big share
43% of the budget comes from the state, and 49% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 18% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 39% for its size. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
73% of the 395 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.5 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; Greenville’s library is a branch of Pine Mountain Regional Library System, so they cover the whole system (62,955 people), not just the Greenville branch.
What’s behind Greenville’s civic life grade
Greenville 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.
Pine Mountain Regional Library System serves 62,955 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Pine Mountain Regional Library System system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
58K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
13,701 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 6 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
Greenville Area Public Library, 2323 Gilbert Street, Greenville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Pine Mountain Regional Library System branch.
New in Greenville? 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 $1.13 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Greenville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.1M 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 11,471 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Greenville Area Public Library is one branch of Pine Mountain Regional Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 62,955 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 Greenville
Does Greenville have a public library?
Yes: Greenville Area Public Library, 2323 Gilbert Street, is a branch of Pine Mountain Regional Library System, which serves 62,955 people. The branch is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Pine Mountain Regional Library System fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Greenville’s library?
It logged 0.6 visits and lent 0.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Greenville’s civic life grade?
Greenville 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 Greenville.
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.