Moreauville High School · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 4.0Moreauville’s library is a branch of Avoyelles Parish Library, which lends less per resident than 96% of systems its size
Moreauville’s library is the Moreauville Branch, a branch of Avoyelles Parish Library, which serves 38,373 people and lent 20K items last year.
The short version on Moreauville’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, the Avoyelles Parish Library system sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on six. How it compares ↓
Open only about 12 hours a week
The Moreauville branch keeps short hours: about 12 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Avoyelles Parish Library system offered 96 programs last year, 2.5 per 1,000 residents against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
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; Moreauville’s library is a branch of Avoyelles Parish Library, so they cover the whole system (38,373 people), not just the Moreauville branch.
What’s behind Moreauville’s civic life grade
Moreauville 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Avoyelles Parish Library serves 38,373 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Avoyelles Parish Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
20K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,615 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
96 programs a year
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
Moreauville Branch, 343 Tassin Street, Moreauville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Avoyelles Parish Library branch.
New in Moreauville? 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 Moreauville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $378K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1M 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 13,754 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Moreauville Branch is one branch of Avoyelles Parish Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 38,373 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 Moreauville
Does Moreauville have a public library?
Yes: Moreauville Branch, 343 Tassin Street, is a branch of Avoyelles Parish Library, which serves 38,373 people. The branch is open about 12 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Avoyelles Parish 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 Moreauville’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 0.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Moreauville’s civic life grade?
Moreauville 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 Moreauville.
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.