Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Gainesboro’s library logs 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Charles Ralph Holland Memorial Library serves 12,363 people in and around Gainesboro. Last year it lent 21K books, movies and e-books and logged 8,080 visits.
The short version on Gainesboro’s library
Charles Ralph Holland Memorial Library is used less than most libraries its size
Charles Ralph Holland Memorial Library records 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $6 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Charles Ralph Holland Memorial Library spends $6 per resident, less than 99% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). 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; Charles Ralph Holland Memorial Library serves 12,363 people in and around Gainesboro, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Gainesboro’s civic life grade
Gainesboro 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Charles Ralph Holland Memorial Library serves 12,363 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 11 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Charles Ralph Holland Memorial Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
21K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
7,828 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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
Charles Ralph Holland Memorial Library, 205 West Hull Avenue, Gainesboro.
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 Charles Ralph Holland Memorial Library branch.
New in Gainesboro? 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 $4.59 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Gainesboro cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $75K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $343K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $75K 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 4,179 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Charles Ralph Holland Memorial Library serves 12,363 people in and around Gainesboro, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Gainesboro.
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 Gainesboro
Does Gainesboro have a public library?
Yes. Charles Ralph Holland Memorial Library, 205 West Hull Avenue, serves 12,363 people in and around Gainesboro (the survey’s count) and is open about 37 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Charles Ralph Holland Memorial 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 Gainesboro’s library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 1.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Gainesboro’s civic life grade?
Gainesboro 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 Gainesboro.
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.