Boiling Springs’ library is a branch of Spartanburg County Public Library System, which lends more per resident than 66% of systems its size
Boiling Springs’s library is the Boiling Springs Library, a branch of Spartanburg County Public Library System, which serves 327,997 people and lent 2.2M items last year.
What Boiling Springs’s library is like
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
The Spartanburg County Public Library System ran 8,047 programs last year, about 155 a week. That’s 25 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 9. People show up: 270,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
56% of the 8,047 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 1,731 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
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; Boiling Springs’s library is a branch of Spartanburg County Public Library System, so they cover the whole system (327,997 people), not just the Boiling Springs branch.
What’s behind Boiling Springs’ civic life grade
Boiling Springs isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Spartanburg County Public Library System, so there is no town figure for visits.
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 →
Volunteering in Boiling Springs
Boiling Springs is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
4.0%
4.0% of Boiling Springs’ Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 4.4% in the typical South 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 Boiling Springs’ residents live; 2022.
About 33 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Spartanburg County Public Library System serves 327,997 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 66 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Spartanburg County Public Library System system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
2.2M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
736,411 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Boiling Springs Library, 871 Double Bridge Road, Boiling Springs.
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 Spartanburg County Public Library System branch.
New in Boiling Springs? 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 $2.06 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Boiling Springs cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $17M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $36M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $17M 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 192,052 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boiling Springs | Boiling Springs Library fine-free | — | 59 | — unincorporated |
| Valley Falls | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
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.
- System-wide. Boiling Springs Library is one branch of Spartanburg County Public Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 327,997 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 Boiling Springs
Does Boiling Springs have a public library?
Yes: Boiling Springs Library, 871 Double Bridge Road, is a branch of Spartanburg County Public Library System, which serves 327,997 people. The branch is open about 59 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Spartanburg County Public Library System 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 Boiling Springs’ library?
It logged 2.9 visits and lent 6.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Boiling Springs’ civic life grade?
Boiling Springs isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Spartanburg County Public Library System, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Boiling Springs.
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.