Gray Gables · Photo: DaveEM1004 · CC BY-SA 4.0Winton’s library is a branch of Albemarle Regional Library, which lends less per resident than 92% of systems its size
Winton’s library is the Hertford County Library, a branch of Albemarle Regional Library, which serves 62,428 people and lent 61K items last year.
Winton’s library, in brief
The Albemarle Regional Library system is used less than most libraries its size
The Albemarle Regional Library system records 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people. Borrowing is 0.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7. It also spends less than most: $21 per resident, against a typical $40. How it compares ↓
North Carolina pays a big share
35% of the budget comes from the state, and 60% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
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; Winton’s library is a branch of Albemarle Regional Library, so they cover the whole system (62,428 people), not just the Winton branch.
What’s behind Winton’s civic life grade
Winton 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Albemarle Regional Library serves 62,428 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Albemarle Regional Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
61K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
11,437 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, 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
Hertford County Library, 303 W Tryon St., Winton.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Albemarle Regional Library branch.
New in Winton? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Winton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.3M 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 40,014 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Hertford County Library is one branch of Albemarle Regional Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 62,428 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 Winton
Does Winton have a public library?
Yes: Hertford County Library, 303 W Tryon St., is a branch of Albemarle Regional Library, which serves 62,428 people. The branch is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Albemarle 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 Winton’s library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 1.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Winton’s civic life grade?
Winton 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 Winton.
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.