Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainTaylor’s library logs 1.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Taylor Public Library serves 592 people in and around Taylor. Last year it lent 940 books, movies and e-books and logged 625 visits.
The short version on Taylor’s library
Open only about 8 hours a week
The Taylor branch keeps short hours: about 8 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Taylor Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Taylor Public Library records 1.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $21 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Taylor Public Library spends $21 per resident, less than 90% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). 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; Taylor Public Library serves 592 people in and around Taylor, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Taylor’s civic life grade
Taylor 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Taylor Public Library serves 592 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Taylor Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
940 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
12 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Taylor Public Library, 106 Williams Street, Taylor.
No late fees. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Taylor Public Library branch.
New in Taylor? 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 $1.32 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Taylor cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $12K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $16K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $12K 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 268 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Taylor Public Library serves 592 people in and around Taylor, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Taylor.
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 Taylor
Does Taylor have a public library?
Yes. Taylor Public Library, 106 Williams Street, serves 592 people in and around Taylor (the survey’s count) and is open about 8 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Taylor Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Taylor’s library?
It logged 1.1 visits and lent 1.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Taylor’s civic life grade?
Taylor 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 Taylor.
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.