Photo: Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0Marble Hill’s library logs 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Bollinger County Library serves 10,567 people in and around Marble Hill. Last year it lent 26K books, movies and e-books and logged 9,880 visits.
The short version on Marble Hill’s library
Few programs for a library this size
Bollinger County Library offered 86 programs last year, 8.1 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
70% of the 86 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Fewer visits than most libraries its size
Bollinger County Library records 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, below 91% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing holds up better, at 2.5 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 0% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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; Bollinger County Library serves 10,567 people in and around Marble Hill, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Marble Hill’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Marble Hill is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns. Marble Hill is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Marble Hill’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Marble Hill
2.9 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
15.3%
15.3% of Marble Hill’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 9.3% in the typical Missouri 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 Marble Hill’s residents live; 2022.
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.
Bollinger County Library serves 10,567 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 15 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Bollinger County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
26K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
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
Bollinger County Library, 207 Mayfield Dr., Marble Hill.
Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Bollinger County Library branch.
New in Marble 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 $2.47 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Marble Hill cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $180K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $443K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $180K 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 5,598 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Bollinger County Library serves 10,567 people in and around Marble Hill, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Marble Hill.
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 Marble Hill
Does Marble Hill have a public library?
Yes. Bollinger County Library, 207 Mayfield Dr., serves 10,567 people in and around Marble Hill (the survey’s count) and is open about 33 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Bollinger County Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Marble Hill’s library?
It logged 0.9 visits and lent 2.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Marble Hill’s civic life grade?
B+ Marble Hill is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Marble 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.