Midville’s library is a branch of Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library, which lends less per resident than 51% of systems its size
Midville’s library is the Midville Public Library, a branch of Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library, which serves 204,836 people and lent 819K items last year.
The short version on Midville’s library
Programs are almost all for children
100% of the 773 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 12 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 18 hours a week
The Midville branch keeps short hours: about 18 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Georgia pays a big share
21% of the budget comes from the state, and 76% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
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; Midville’s library is a branch of Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library, so they cover the whole system (204,836 people), not just the Midville branch.
What’s behind Midville’s civic life grade
Midville 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 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library serves 204,836 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 52 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
819K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
181,557 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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
Midville Public Library, 149 Trout Street, Midville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library branch.
New in Midville? 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 $3.03 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Midville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $4.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $12M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $4.1M 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 73,533 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Midville Public Library is one branch of Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 204,836 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 Midville
Does Midville have a public library?
Yes: Midville Public Library, 149 Trout Street, is a branch of Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library, which serves 204,836 people. The branch is open about 18 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library 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 Midville’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 4.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Midville’s civic life grade?
Midville 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 Midville.
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.