Photo: Wikilester 3 · CC BY-SA 4.0Winnfield’s library runs 37 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Winn Parish Library serves 13,405 people in and around Winnfield. Last year it lent 46K books, movies and e-books and logged 26K visits.
Winnfield’s library, in brief
Programs are almost all for children
81% of the 499 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 0 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Nearly everyone the system serves has a card
11,699 cards for 13,405 people, or 87%. At the typical library serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, it’s 40%. How it compares ↓
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; Winn Parish Library serves 13,405 people in and around Winnfield, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Winnfield’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Winnfield is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns, #73 of 105 in Louisiana. Winnfield is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Winnfield’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($32K–$53K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
12 community nonprofits are registered in Winnfield
3.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.2%
5.2% of Winnfield’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 Winnfield’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Winn Parish Library serves 13,405 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Winn Parish Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
46K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
11,991 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 8 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
Find it
Winn Parish Library, 200 North St. John Street, Winnfield.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Winn Parish Library branch.
New in Winnfield? 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 $1.14 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Winnfield cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $669K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $759K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $669K 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 11,699 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Winn Parish Library serves 13,405 people in and around Winnfield, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Winnfield.
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 Winnfield
Does Winnfield have a public library?
Yes. Winn Parish Library, 200 North St. John Street, serves 13,405 people in and around Winnfield (the survey’s count) and is open about 47 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Winn Parish Library 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 Winnfield’s library?
It logged 1.9 visits and lent 3.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Winnfield’s civic life grade?
C− Winnfield is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns on civic life, #73 of 105 in Louisiana. 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.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Winnfield.
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.