Photo: J.B. Chandler · CC BY-SA 3.0Broadus’ library lends 1.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Henry A Malley Memorial Library serves 1,694 people in and around Broadus. Last year it lent 6,371 books, movies and e-books and logged 6,007 visits.
The short version on Broadus’s library
Most programs are for young children
74% of the 68 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 37 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
49% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 49% of loans, more per resident than at 71% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 51%, much of it kids’ books. 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; Henry A Malley Memorial Library serves 1,694 people in and around Broadus, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Broadus’ civic life grade
Broadus 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 →
49% of borrowing is digital
6,371 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
3,116 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Henry A Malley Memorial Library serves 1,694 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Henry A Malley Memorial Library system. The library’s own count.
68 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
Henry A Malley Memorial Library, 102 South Lincoln, Broadus.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Henry A Malley Memorial Library branch.
New in Broadus? 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 $1.34 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Broadus cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $74K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $99K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $74K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
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 548 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Henry A Malley Memorial Library serves 1,694 people in and around Broadus, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Broadus.
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 Broadus
Does Broadus have a public library?
Yes. Henry A Malley Memorial Library, 102 South Lincoln, serves 1,694 people in and around Broadus (the survey’s count) and is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Henry A Malley Memorial Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Broadus’ library?
It logged 3.5 visits and lent 3.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Broadus’ civic life grade?
Broadus 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 Broadus.
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.