Waynesville’s library runs 250 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Waynesville Township Library serves 640 people in and around Waynesville. Last year it lent 2,331 print books and media and logged 2,240 visits.
What Waynesville’s library is like
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Waynesville Township Library ran 160 programs last year, about 3 a week. That’s 250 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Waynesville Township Library serves 640 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 25 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 ↓
Waynesville Township Library serves more than Waynesville
The library’s service area covers 640 people in and around Waynesville, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
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 Waynesville’s civic life grade
Waynesville 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 1 kids’ program 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Waynesville Township Library serves 640 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
2,331 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Waynesville’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 13K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
Find it
Waynesville Township Library, 303 East Second Street, Waynesville.
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 $1.34 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Waynesville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $37K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $50K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $37K 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 145 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. Illinois libraries often don’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 Waynesville
Does Waynesville have a public library?
Yes. Waynesville Township Library, 303 East Second Street, serves 640 people in and around Waynesville (the survey’s count) and is open about 25 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Waynesville Township Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Waynesville’s library?
It logged 3.5 visits and lent 3.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Waynesville’s civic life grade?
Waynesville 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 Waynesville.
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.