Hopsewee · Photo: NPS photo · Public domainMcClellanville’s library is a branch of Charleston County Public Library System, which lends more per resident than 62% of systems its size
McClellanville’s library is the Mcclellanville Library, a branch of Charleston County Public Library System, which serves 408,235 people and lent 3.3M items last year.
The short version on McClellanville’s library
Most of the system’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 50% of loans, more per resident than at 90% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 50%, much of it kids’ books. What people borrow ↓
A well-funded system
The Charleston County Public Library System spends $90 per resident a year, about twice the typical $36 for a library its size. Almost all of it (96%) comes from local taxes. 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; McClellanville’s library is a branch of Charleston County Public Library System, so they cover the whole system (408,235 people), not just the McClellanville branch.
What’s behind McClellanville’s civic life grade
McClellanville 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 →
50% of borrowing is digital
3.3M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,662,650 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Charleston County Public Library System serves 408,235 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 72 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Charleston County Public Library System system. The library’s own count.
About 53 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
Mcclellanville Library, 222 Baker Street, Mcclellanville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Charleston County Public Library System branch.
New in McClellanville? 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 $1.39 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average McClellanville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $37M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $51M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $37M 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 202,580 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Mcclellanville Library is one branch of Charleston County Public Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 408,235 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 McClellanville
Does McClellanville have a public library?
Yes: Mcclellanville Library, 222 Baker Street, is a branch of Charleston County Public Library System, which serves 408,235 people. The branch is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Charleston 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 McClellanville’s library?
It logged 3.3 visits and lent 8.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is McClellanville’s civic life grade?
McClellanville 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 McClellanville.
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.