Photo: DwayneP · CC BY-SA 3.0Pachuta’s library is a branch of East Mississippi Regional Library, which lends less per resident than 83% of systems its size
Pachuta’s library is the Pachuta Public Library, a branch of East Mississippi Regional Library, which serves 31,241 people and lent 43K items last year.
Pachuta’s library, in brief
The East Mississippi Regional Library system is used less than most libraries its size
The East Mississippi Regional Library system records 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people. Borrowing is 1.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7. It also spends less than most: $14 per resident, against a typical $40. How it compares ↓
Open only about 19 hours a week
The Pachuta branch keeps short hours: about 19 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 6% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 97% 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; Pachuta’s library is a branch of East Mississippi Regional Library, so they cover the whole system (31,241 people), not just the Pachuta branch.
What’s behind Pachuta’s civic life grade
Pachuta 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 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
East Mississippi Regional Library serves 31,241 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole East Mississippi Regional Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
43K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,428 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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
Pachuta Public Library, 15357 Highway 11 North, Pachuta.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every East Mississippi Regional Library branch.
New in Pachuta? 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 $1.72 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pachuta cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $451K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $776K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $451K 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 16,066 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Pachuta Public Library is one branch of East Mississippi Regional Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 31,241 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 Pachuta
Does Pachuta have a public library?
Yes: Pachuta Public Library, 15357 Highway 11 North, is a branch of East Mississippi Regional Library, which serves 31,241 people. The branch is open about 19 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is East Mississippi Regional 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 Pachuta’s library?
It logged 1.2 visits and lent 1.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Pachuta’s civic life grade?
Pachuta 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 Pachuta.
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.