I.O.O.F. Building · Photo: Mcgimpsey · CC BY-SA 3.0Menan’s library is a branch of Jefferson County District, which lends more per resident than 85% of systems its size
Menan’s library is the Jefferson District - Menan-Annis, a branch of Jefferson County District, which serves 6,432 people and lent 52K items last year.
What Menan’s library is like
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 71% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 94% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Busy on a lean budget
The Jefferson County District system spends $27 per resident, less than 74% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). It’s still borrowed from more than 72% of them. What your card is worth ↓
Most programs are for young children
78% of the 185 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.5 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 0% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 99% 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; Menan’s library is a branch of Jefferson County District, so they cover the whole system (6,432 people), not just the Menan branch.
What’s behind Menan’s civic life grade
Menan 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 →
About 3 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Jefferson County District serves 6,432 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 15 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Jefferson County District system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
52K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Borrow from home with your card.
Find it
Jefferson District - Menan-Annis, 623a N 3500 E, Menan.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every Jefferson County District branch.
New in Menan? 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 $4.14 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Menan cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $175K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $725K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $175K 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 2,950 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Jefferson District - Menan-Annis is one branch of Jefferson County District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 6,432 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 Menan
Does Menan have a public library?
Yes: Jefferson District - Menan-Annis, 623a N 3500 E, is a branch of Jefferson County District, which serves 6,432 people. The branch is open about 23 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Jefferson County District 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 Menan’s library?
It logged 3.5 visits and lent 8.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Menan’s civic life grade?
Menan 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 Menan.
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.