Rose Hill · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Yanceyville’s library is a branch of Caswell County Public Library, which lends less per resident than 92% of systems its size
Yanceyville’s library is the Gunn Memorial Public Library, a branch of Caswell County Public Library, which serves 22,461 people and lent 23K items last year.
The short version on Yanceyville’s library
The Caswell County Public Library system is used less than most libraries its size
The Caswell County Public Library system records 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 0.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $22 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 16% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 40% for its size. How it compares ↓
North Carolina pays a big share
20% of the budget comes from the state, and 76% 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; Yanceyville’s library is a branch of Caswell County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (22,461 people), not just the Yanceyville branch.
What’s behind Yanceyville’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Yanceyville is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. Yanceyville is graded on two of the three inputs. Yanceyville’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Among U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($21K–$35K) it does better, ahead of 56%.
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 →
9 community nonprofits are registered in Yanceyville
4.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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.
4.7%
4.7% of Yanceyville’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 Yanceyville’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Caswell County Public Library serves 22,461 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Caswell County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
23K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
3,715 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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
Gunn Memorial Public Library, 161 Main Street East, Yanceyville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Caswell County Public Library branch.
New in Yanceyville? 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 Yanceyville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $494K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $380K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $494K 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 3,508 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Gunn Memorial Public Library is one branch of Caswell County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 22,461 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 Yanceyville
Does Yanceyville have a public library?
Yes: Gunn Memorial Public Library, 161 Main Street East, is a branch of Caswell County Public Library, which serves 22,461 people. The branch is open about 50 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Caswell County Public 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 Yanceyville’s library?
It logged 0.9 visits and lent 1.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Yanceyville’s civic life grade?
C Yanceyville is ahead of 26% 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 Yanceyville.
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.