Ellerslie · Photo: Mueller65 · CC BY-SA 4.0Anderson Creek’s library is a branch of Harnett County Public Library, which lends less per resident than 70% of systems its size
Anderson Creek’s library is the Anderson Creek Public Library, a branch of Harnett County Public Library, which serves 140,984 people and lent 417K items last year.
Anderson Creek’s library, in brief
Open only about 10 hours a week
The Anderson Creek branch keeps short hours: about 10 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 65% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 55% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
75% of the people it serves carry a library card
105,146 cards for 140,984 people, or 75%. At the typical library serving 100,000+ people, it’s 41%. How it compares ↓
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; Anderson Creek’s library is a branch of Harnett County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (140,984 people), not just the Anderson Creek branch.
What’s behind Anderson Creek’s civic life grade
Anderson Creek isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Harnett County Public Library, so there is no town figure for visits.
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 →
Volunteering in Anderson Creek
Anderson Creek is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
4.7%
4.7% of Anderson Creek’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 5.2% in the typical North Carolina town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Anderson Creek’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Harnett County Public Library serves 140,984 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 29 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Harnett County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
417K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
110,970 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 17 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
Anderson Creek Public Library, 914 Anderson Creek School Rd, Bunnlevel.
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 Harnett County Public Library branch.
New in Anderson Creek? 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 $2.19 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Anderson Creek cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3M 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 105,146 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Anderson Creek Public Library is one branch of Harnett County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 140,984 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 Anderson Creek
Does Anderson Creek have a public library?
Yes: Anderson Creek Public Library, 914 Anderson Creek School Rd, is a branch of Harnett County Public Library, which serves 140,984 people. The branch is open about 10 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Harnett County Public 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 Anderson Creek’s library?
It logged 1.4 visits and lent 3.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Anderson Creek’s civic life grade?
Anderson Creek isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Harnett County Public Library, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Anderson Creek.
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.