Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Jamesport’s library is a branch of Daviess County Library, which lends less per resident than 64% of systems its size
Jamesport’s library is the Jamesport Branch, a branch of Daviess County Library, which serves 8,430 people and lent 34K items last year.
What stands out about Jamesport Branch
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Jamesport’s civic life grade
Jamesport 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 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Daviess County Library serves 8,430 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 13 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Daviess County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
34K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
9,878 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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
Jamesport Branch, 101 E Main St., Jamesport.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Daviess County Library branch.
New in Jamesport? 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 $2.41 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Jamesport cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $226K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $546K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $226K 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 2,376 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Jamesport Branch is one branch of Daviess County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 8,430 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 Jamesport
Does Jamesport have a public library?
Yes: Jamesport Branch, 101 E Main St., is a branch of Daviess County Library, which serves 8,430 people. The branch is open about 13 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Daviess County 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 Jamesport’s library?
It logged 1.2 visits and lent 4.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Jamesport’s civic life grade?
Jamesport 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 Jamesport.
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.