Farmville’s library logs 22 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Farmville Public Library serves Farmville’s 4,489 residents. Last year it lent 46K books, movies and e-books and logged 99K visits.
Farmville’s library, in brief
More library cards than residents
40,186 cards for 4,489 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, it’s 42%. How it compares ↓
People come to Farmville Public Library a lot
Farmville Public Library logs 22 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 99% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 7.4 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 61% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 89% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 16 items per child in Farmville last year. Kids & programs ↓
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Farmville Public Library ran 445 programs last year, about 9 a week. That’s 99 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 9,511 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 2.9 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 88% of similar-size libraries. It’s 28% of all loans. 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.
What’s behind Farmville’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Farmville is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns, #18 of 234 in North Carolina. Library visits hold the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Farmville Public Library logged 22.2 visits per resident in FY2024, #20 of the 3,790 town libraries we compare. The survey counts every visit, residents or not, and libraries don’t report how many come from out of town.
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 →
38 community nonprofits are registered in Farmville
8.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (17 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
3.7%
3.7% of Farmville’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 Farmville’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 17 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Farmville Public Library serves 4,489 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
46K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 31K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.1 time last year, on average.
12,883 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 6 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Farmville last year.
Find it
Farmville Public Library, 4276 W Church St., Farmville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Farmville? 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 $1.58 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Farmville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $493K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $777K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $493K 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 40,186 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits count everyone. Farmville’s 99,436 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
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 Farmville
Does Farmville have a public library?
Yes. Farmville Public Library, 4276 W Church St., serves Farmville’s 4,489 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 52 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Farmville 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 Farmville’s library?
It logged 22.2 visits and lent 10.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Its visits per resident rank #20 of the 3,790 town libraries we compare.
What is Farmville’s civic life grade?
B+ Farmville is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns on civic life, #18 of 234 in North Carolina. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Farmville.
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.