Rose Hill’s library is a branch of Duplin County Library, which lends less per resident than 87% of systems its size
Rose Hill’s library is the Rose Hill Library, a branch of Duplin County Library, which serves 49,178 people and lent 62K items last year.
Rose Hill’s library, in brief
The Duplin County Library system is used less than most libraries its size
The Duplin County Library system records 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people. Borrowing is 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7. It also spends less than most: $14 per resident, against a typical $40. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Duplin County Library system offered 217 programs last year, 4.4 per 1,000 residents against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
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; Rose Hill’s library is a branch of Duplin County Library, so they cover the whole system (49,178 people), not just the Rose Hill branch.
What’s behind Rose Hill’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Rose Hill is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. Rose Hill is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Rose Hill’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Duplin County Library spends $14 per resident, against a typical $40 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($37K–$62K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
2 community nonprofits are registered in Rose Hill
1.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.0%
8.0% of Rose Hill’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 Rose Hill’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Duplin County Library serves 49,178 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Duplin County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
62K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
8,237 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 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
Rose Hill Library, 113 S Walnut St., Rose Hill.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Duplin County Library branch.
New in Rose Hill? 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 $1.39 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Rose Hill cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $710K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $986K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $710K 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 12,097 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Rose Hill Library is one branch of Duplin County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 49,178 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 Rose Hill
Does Rose Hill have a public library?
Yes: Rose Hill Library, 113 S Walnut St., is a branch of Duplin County Library, which serves 49,178 people. The branch is open about 25 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Duplin County 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 Rose Hill’s library?
It logged 0.4 visits and lent 1.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Rose Hill’s civic life grade?
C− Rose Hill is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Rose Hill.
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.