Linesville’s library logs 1.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Linesville Community Public Library serves 4,930 people in and around Linesville. Last year it lent 18K books, movies and e-books and logged 9,150 visits.
The short version on Linesville’s library
Pennsylvania pays a big share
41% of the budget comes from the state, and 38% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 9% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 7% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 83% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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; Linesville Community Public Library serves 4,930 people in and around Linesville, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Linesville’s civic life grade
Linesville 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 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Linesville Community Public Library serves 4,930 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Linesville Community Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
18K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,177 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
Linesville Community Public Library, 111 Penn Street, Linesville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Linesville Community Public Library branch.
New in Linesville? 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 $3.88 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Linesville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $86K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $334K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $86K 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 436 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Linesville Community Public Library serves 4,930 people in and around Linesville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Linesville.
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 Linesville
Does Linesville have a public library?
Yes. Linesville Community Public Library, 111 Penn Street, serves 4,930 people in and around Linesville (the survey’s count) and is open about 44 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Linesville Community Public 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 Linesville’s library?
It logged 1.9 visits and lent 3.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Linesville’s civic life grade?
Linesville 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 Linesville.
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.