Photo: Bedford · Public domainGreensburg’s library runs 35 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Green County Public Library serves 11,468 people in and around Greensburg. Last year it lent 61K books, movies and e-books and logged 17K visits.
What stands out about Green County Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Greensburg’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Greensburg is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. Greensburg is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Greensburg’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($30K–$49K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
7 community nonprofits are registered in Greensburg
3.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.3%
6.3% of Greensburg’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 6.6% in the typical Kentucky town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Greensburg’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Green County Public Library serves 11,468 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 24 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Green County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
61K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
7,739 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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
Green County Public Library, 112 West Court Street, Greensburg.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Green County Public Library branch.
New in Greensburg? 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 $2.79 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Greensburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $367K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $367K 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 4,557 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Green County Public Library serves 11,468 people in and around Greensburg, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Greensburg.
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 Greensburg
Does Greensburg have a public library?
Yes. Green County Public Library, 112 West Court Street, serves 11,468 people in and around Greensburg (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Green County Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Greensburg’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 5.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Greensburg’s civic life grade?
C− Greensburg is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns on civic life. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Greensburg.
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.