Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture · Public domainGreensburg’s library is a branch of Audubon Regional Library, which lends less per resident than 91% of systems its size
Greensburg’s library is the St. Helena Branch, a branch of Audubon Regional Library, which serves 29,969 people and lent 36K items last year.
What stands out about St. Helena Branch
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Greensburg’s civic life grade
Greensburg 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 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Audubon Regional Library serves 29,969 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Audubon Regional Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
36K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
8,940 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 4 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
St. Helena Branch, 6108 Hwy 10, Greensburg.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Audubon Regional Library branch.
New in Greensburg? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Greensburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $767K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $671K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $767K 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 17,300 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. St. Helena Branch is one branch of Audubon Regional Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 29,969 people it serves.
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: St. Helena Branch, 6108 Hwy 10, is a branch of Audubon Regional Library, which serves 29,969 people. The branch is open about 44 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Audubon Regional Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Greensburg’s library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 1.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Greensburg’s civic life grade?
Greensburg 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 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.