Photo: Nyttend · Public domainInez’s library runs 33 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Martin County Public Library System serves 10,928 people in and around Inez. Last year it lent 19K books, movies and e-books and logged 43K visits.
What Inez’s library is like
Programs draw a crowd
22,000 people came to the system’s 356 programs last year: 2 per resident, against a typical 0.4, more than at 99% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
28% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 71%. What your card is worth ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Martin County Public Library System lends 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, fewer than 89% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. 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; Martin County Public Library System serves 10,928 people in and around Inez, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Inez’s civic life grade
Inez 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 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Martin County Public Library System serves 10,928 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Martin County Public Library System system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
19K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
6,850 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Martin County Public Library System, 387 E Main Street, Inez.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Martin County Public Library System branch.
New in Inez? 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 $1.02 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Inez cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $666K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $678K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $666K 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 6,594 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Martin County Public Library System serves 10,928 people in and around Inez, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Inez.
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 Inez
Does Inez have a public library?
Yes. Martin County Public Library System, 387 E Main Street, serves 10,928 people in and around Inez (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Martin County Public Library System 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 Inez’s library?
It logged 3.9 visits and lent 1.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Inez’s civic life grade?
Inez 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 Inez.
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.