Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY-SA 3.0Holly Hill’s library is a branch of Orangeburg County Library Commission, which lends less per resident than 82% of systems its size
Holly Hill’s library is the Holly Hill Branch Library, a branch of Orangeburg County Library Commission, which serves 84,223 people and lent 114K items last year.
What stands out about Holly Hill Branch Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Holly Hill’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Holly Hill is ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. Holly Hill is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Holly Hill’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($26K–$43K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
3 community nonprofits are registered in Holly Hill
2.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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.
2.9%
2.9% of Holly Hill’s 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 Holly Hill’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Orangeburg County Library Commission serves 84,223 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 14 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Orangeburg County Library Commission system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
114K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 4 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
Holly Hill Branch Library, 8423 Suite 3, Old State Road, Holly Hill.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Orangeburg County Library Commission branch.
New in Holly Hill? 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 Holly Hill cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.3M 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 53,745 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Holly Hill Branch Library is one branch of Orangeburg County Library Commission, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 84,223 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 Holly Hill
Does Holly Hill have a public library?
Yes: Holly Hill Branch Library, 8423 Suite 3, Old State Road, is a branch of Orangeburg County Library Commission, which serves 84,223 people. The branch is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Orangeburg County Library Commission 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 Holly Hill’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 1.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Holly Hill’s civic life grade?
D Holly Hill is ahead of 7% 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 Holly Hill.
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.