Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0Mifflinburg’s library runs 86 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Jane & Annette Herr Memorial Library serves 8,923 people in and around Mifflinburg. Last year it lent 41K books, movies and e-books and logged 21K visits.
The short version on Mifflinburg’s library
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
52% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 32%. What your card is worth ↓
Jane & Annette Herr Memorial Library serves more than Mifflinburg
The library’s service area covers 8,923 people in and around Mifflinburg, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
55% of the 767 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 217 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 59% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 65% 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.
What’s behind Mifflinburg’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Mifflinburg is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns, #397 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Mifflinburg is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Mifflinburg’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
13 community nonprofits are registered in Mifflinburg
3.6 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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.6%
7.6% of Mifflinburg’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.0% in the typical Pennsylvania 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 Mifflinburg’s residents live; 2022.
About 4 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, 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 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Jane & Annette Herr Memorial Library serves 8,923 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 18 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
41K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 23K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.5 times last year, on average.
5,108 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Jane & Annetta Herr Memorial Library, 500 Market Street, Mifflinburg.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Mifflinburg? 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 $3.06 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mifflinburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $261K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $797K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $261K 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 2,868 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mifflinburg | Jane & Annetta Herr Memorial Library | 4.6 | 43 | B− |
| West Buffalo Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Limestone Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Buffalo Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Mifflinburg
Does Mifflinburg have a public library?
Yes. Jane & Annette Herr Memorial Library, 500 Market Street, serves 8,923 people in and around Mifflinburg (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Jane & Annette Herr Memorial 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 Mifflinburg’s library?
It logged 2.3 visits and lent 4.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Mifflinburg’s civic life grade?
B− Mifflinburg is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns on civic life, #397 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. 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 Mifflinburg.
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.