Vaiden’s library is a branch of Carroll County Public Library System, which lends less per resident than 92% of systems its size
Vaiden’s library is the Vaiden Public Library, a branch of Carroll County Public Library System, which serves 9,535 people and lent 7,824 items last year.
The short version on Vaiden’s library
The Carroll County Public Library System is used less than most libraries its size
The Carroll County Public Library System records 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $9 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Carroll County Public Library System offered 64 programs last year, 6.7 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
75% of the 64 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 8 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
The Carroll County Public Library System spends $9 per resident, less than 96% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). What your card is worth ↓
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; Vaiden’s library is a branch of Carroll County Public Library System, so they cover the whole system (9,535 people), not just the Vaiden branch.
What’s behind Vaiden’s civic life grade
Vaiden 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Carroll County Public Library System serves 9,535 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Carroll County Public Library System system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
7,824 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
64 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Vaiden Public Library, 507 Lee Street, Vaiden.
Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Carroll County Public Library System branch.
New in Vaiden? 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 $1.42 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Vaiden cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $86K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $123K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $86K 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 3,512 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Vaiden Public Library is one branch of Carroll County Public Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 9,535 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 Vaiden
Does Vaiden have a public library?
Yes: Vaiden Public Library, 507 Lee Street, is a branch of Carroll County Public Library System, which serves 9,535 people. The branch is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Carroll County Public Library System fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Vaiden’s library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 0.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Vaiden’s civic life grade?
Vaiden 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 Vaiden.
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.