Photo: Natalie Maynor · CC BY 2.0Woodville’s library is a branch of Wilkinson County Library System, which lends less per resident than 98% of systems its size
Woodville’s library is the Woodville Public Library, a branch of Wilkinson County Library System, which serves 8,053 people and lent 3,555 items last year.
What Woodville’s library is like
The Wilkinson County Library System is used less than most libraries its size
The Wilkinson County Library System records 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $21 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Wilkinson County Library System offered 9 programs last year, 1.1 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Mississippi pays a big share
21% of the budget comes from the state, and 68% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. 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; Woodville’s library is a branch of Wilkinson County Library System, so they cover the whole system (8,053 people), not just the Woodville branch.
What’s behind Woodville’s civic life grade
Woodville 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.
Wilkinson County Library System serves 8,053 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
A year at Wilkinson County Library System
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Wilkinson County Library System system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
3,555 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
723 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
9 programs a year
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
Woodville Public Library, 489 Main Street, Woodville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Wilkinson County Library System branch.
New in Woodville? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Woodville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $170K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $58K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $170K 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 2,215 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Woodville Public Library is one branch of Wilkinson County Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 8,053 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 Woodville
Does Woodville have a public library?
Yes: Woodville Public Library, 489 Main Street, is a branch of Wilkinson County Library System, which serves 8,053 people. The branch is open about 35 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Wilkinson County Library System 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 Woodville’s library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 0.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Woodville’s civic life grade?
Woodville 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 Woodville.
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.