Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFrenchburg’s library logs 5.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Menifee County Public Library serves 6,286 people in and around Frenchburg. Last year it lent 15K books, movies and e-books and logged 36K visits.
The short version on Frenchburg’s library
More of a place to be than a place to borrow
Visits per resident beat 80% of similar-size libraries, while borrowing beats only 29%. The building also logs about 12 Wi-Fi sessions a day. A year at the library ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
39% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 61%. What your card is worth ↓
Nearly everyone the system serves has a card
6,005 cards for 6,286 people, or 96%. At the typical library serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, it’s 42%. How it compares ↓
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; Menifee County Public Library serves 6,286 people in and around Frenchburg, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Frenchburg’s civic life grade
Frenchburg 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 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Menifee County Public Library serves 6,286 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Menifee County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
15K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
About 1 kids’ program 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
Menifee County Public Library, 1585 Main Street, Frenchburg.
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 $1.03 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Frenchburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $255K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $264K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $255K 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 6,005 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Menifee County Public Library serves 6,286 people in and around Frenchburg, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Frenchburg.
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 Frenchburg
Does Frenchburg have a public library?
Yes. Menifee County Public Library, 1585 Main Street, serves 6,286 people in and around Frenchburg (the survey’s count) and is open about 41 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Menifee County Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Frenchburg’s library?
It logged 5.8 visits and lent 2.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Frenchburg’s civic life grade?
Frenchburg 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 Frenchburg.
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.