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Libraries near Bernice

Bernice has no public library of its own; the nearest is Harper Memorial Library in Junction City, 13.6 miles away

Bernice doesn’t have a public library of its own. The closest is Harper Memorial Library in Junction City, 13.6 miles away. Many small-town libraries give cards to neighbors, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.

C−Civic lifeAhead of 19% of U.S. towns. Nonprofits and volunteering.
Directions (870) 924-5556All nearby libraries
In brief

Libraries for Bernice, in brief

The nearest library is 14 miles from Bernice

Bernice has no public library of its own, and the closest, Harper Memorial Library in Junction City, is 14 miles from the town center. The next nearest is Union Parish Library, 15 miles away. Nearest libraries ↓

The closest isn’t the one open longest

Harper Memorial Library is nearest, open about 12 hours a week. Lincoln Parish Library, 20 miles away, is open about 66 hours a week, so it may be easier to fit in. Nearest libraries ↓

The nearby libraries are all fine-free

None of the four closest libraries charges late fines. Nearest libraries ↓

This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Distances are straight-line from the town center.

Civic life grade

What’s behind Bernice’s civic life grade

On community nonprofits and volunteering, Bernice is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. Bernice is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Bernice’s overall grade.
–Library visitsServed by a county or regional system, so there is no town figureC−Community nonprofits2.0 per 1,000 residents · LA towns 3.0 · U.S. 3.7C+Volunteering7.0% of adults 25–44 · LA towns 5.9% · U.S. 7.5%
All U.S. towns we grade (17,556)Ahead of 19%
FewerMore
U.S. towns with similar incomes, $20K–$33K (223)Ahead of 50%

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.

How sure. Graded on two inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. Bernice is small (1,305 residents), so a few dozen organizations or visits move its per-resident figures; the volunteering share is a 2022 estimate from Facebook users aged 25–44.

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 →

Places to belong

3 community nonprofits are registered in Bernice

2.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.

Community nonprofits, by kind

Arts & culture10.66 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.24
Youth, sports & recreation00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.52
Civic groups, clubs & veterans10.96 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.74
Human services00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.59
Education00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.43
Health00.30 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.16
Environment & animals00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.17

Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (0 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.

Volunteering

7.0%

7.0% of Bernice’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 5.9% in the typical Louisiana 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 Bernice’s residents live; 2022.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 13.6 miles away

Closest first, measured from the center of Bernice. Each one’s hours, and whether it charges late fines.

13.6miHarper Memorial LibraryJunction City · 12 hrs a week · fine-freeDirections →15.1miUnion Parish LibraryFarmerville · 49 hrs a week · fine-freeDirections →20.1miLincoln Parish LibraryRuston · 66 hrs a week · fine-freeDirections →23.7miClaiborne Parish LibraryHomer · 49 hrs a week · fine-freeDirections →
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.

  • The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.

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 Bernice

Does Bernice have a public library?

No. The closest is Harper Memorial Library in Junction City, 13.6 miles from the town center. Many libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.

What is Bernice’s civic life grade?

C− Bernice is ahead of 19% 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.

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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.