Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Pleasant Hill’s library is a branch of Sabine Parish Library, which lends less per resident than 85% of systems its size
Pleasant Hill’s library is the Pleasant Hill Branch, a branch of Sabine Parish Library, which serves 21,746 people and lent 45K items last year.
The short version on Pleasant Hill’s library
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
100% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 0%. What your card is worth ↓
Open only about 10 hours a week
The Pleasant Hill branch keeps short hours: about 10 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
The Sabine Parish Library system is used less than most libraries its size
The Sabine Parish Library system records 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 1.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. How it compares ↓
Nearly everyone the system serves has a card
19,185 cards for 21,746 people, or 88%. At the typical library serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, it’s 40%. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
72% of the 209 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.3 a week for ages 0–5. 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; Pleasant Hill’s library is a branch of Sabine Parish Library, so they cover the whole system (21,746 people), not just the Pleasant Hill branch.
What’s behind Pleasant Hill’s civic life grade
Pleasant Hill 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 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Sabine Parish Library serves 21,746 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Sabine Parish Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
45K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
16,298 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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.
Find it
Pleasant Hill Branch, 8434 Bridges Street, Pleasant Hill.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Sabine Parish Library branch.
New in Pleasant Hill? 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 $1.13 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pleasant Hill cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $712K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $801K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $712K 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 19,185 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Pleasant Hill Branch is one branch of Sabine Parish Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 21,746 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 Pleasant Hill
Does Pleasant Hill have a public library?
Yes: Pleasant Hill Branch, 8434 Bridges Street, is a branch of Sabine Parish Library, which serves 21,746 people. The branch is open about 10 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Sabine 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 Pleasant Hill’s library?
It logged 1.2 visits and lent 2.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Pleasant Hill’s civic life grade?
Pleasant Hill 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 Pleasant Hill.
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.