Clear Springs Plantation · Photo: NCSherrie · CC BY-SA 4.0Vanceboro’s library is a branch of Craven-Pamlico Regional Library, which lends less per resident than 82% of systems its size
Vanceboro’s library is the Vanceboro-Craven County Public Library, a branch of Craven-Pamlico Regional Library, which serves 116,126 people and lent 282K items last year.
The short version on Vanceboro’s library
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 88% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 54% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Programs draw a crowd
58,000 people came to the system’s 2,447 programs last year: 0.5 per resident, against a typical 0.2, more than at 90% of similar-size libraries. 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; Vanceboro’s library is a branch of Craven-Pamlico Regional Library, so they cover the whole system (116,126 people), not just the Vanceboro branch.
What’s behind Vanceboro’s civic life grade
Vanceboro 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 →
About 31 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Craven-Pamlico Regional Library serves 116,126 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 21 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Craven-Pamlico Regional Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
282K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
85,587 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Vanceboro-Craven County Public Library, 7931 Main St., Vanceboro.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Craven-Pamlico Regional Library branch.
New in Vanceboro? 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 $1.72 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Vanceboro cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $2.6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.6M 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 60,879 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Vanceboro-Craven County Public Library is one branch of Craven-Pamlico Regional Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 116,126 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 Vanceboro
Does Vanceboro have a public library?
Yes: Vanceboro-Craven County Public Library, 7931 Main St., is a branch of Craven-Pamlico Regional Library, which serves 116,126 people. The branch is open about 39 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Craven-Pamlico Regional Library 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 Vanceboro’s library?
It logged 1.9 visits and lent 2.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Vanceboro’s civic life grade?
Vanceboro 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 Vanceboro.
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.