Cleghorn’s library lends 23 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
M-C Community Library serves Cleghorn’s 1,001 residents. Last year it lent 24K print books and media and logged 4,500 visits.
The short version on Cleghorn’s library
Busy on a lean budget
M-C Community Library spends $37 per resident, less than 71% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). It’s still borrowed from more than 80% of them. What your card is worth ↓
Cleghorn is a town of borrowers
M-C Community Library lends 23 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, more than 98% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
A small-town library
M-C Community Library serves 1,001 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 23 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 19% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 86% of similar-size libraries. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Cleghorn’s civic life grade
Cleghorn 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 →
Books and media off the shelf
24K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 24K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1 time last year, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
M-C Community Library serves 1,001 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 20 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 2 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, 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
M-C Community Library, 200 W Grace St., Cleghorn.
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 $10.73 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Cleghorn cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $38K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $402K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $38K 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 510 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.
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 Cleghorn
Does Cleghorn have a public library?
Yes. M-C Community Library, 200 W Grace St., serves Cleghorn’s 1,001 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 23 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is M-C Community Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Cleghorn’s library?
It logged 4.5 visits and lent 23.5 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Cleghorn’s civic life grade?
Cleghorn 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 Cleghorn.
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.