Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Pineville’s library is a branch of Mcdonald County Library, which lends less per resident than 89% of systems its size
Pineville’s library is the Pineville Library, a branch of Mcdonald County Library, which serves 23,303 people and lent 36K items last year.
The short version on Pineville’s library
The Mcdonald County Library system is used less than most libraries its size
The Mcdonald County Library system records 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $15 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Mcdonald County Library system offered 216 programs last year, 9.3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
68% of the 216 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.2 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
The Mcdonald County Library system spends $15 per resident, less than 90% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). What your card is worth ↓
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; Pineville’s library is a branch of Mcdonald County Library, so they cover the whole system (23,303 people), not just the Pineville branch.
What’s behind Pineville’s civic life grade
Pineville 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.
Mcdonald County Library serves 23,303 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Mcdonald County Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
36K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
9,582 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
Pineville Library, 808 Bailey Rd, Pineville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Mcdonald County Library branch.
New in Pineville? 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 $1.78 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pineville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $339K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $604K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $339K 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 14,864 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pineville | Pineville Library | — | 54 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Anderson | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Pineville Library is one branch of Mcdonald County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 23,303 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 Pineville
Does Pineville have a public library?
Yes: Pineville Library, 808 Bailey Rd, is a branch of Mcdonald County Library, which serves 23,303 people. The branch is open about 54 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mcdonald 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 Pineville’s library?
It logged 0.9 visits and lent 1.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Pineville’s civic life grade?
Pineville 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 Pineville.
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.