Chandler Stone Wall · Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Mount Juliet’s library runs 3.5 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Mt. Juliet-Wilson County Public Library serves Mount Juliet’s 75,825 residents. Last year it lent 428K books, movies and e-books and logged 138K visits.
Mount Juliet’s library, in brief
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 69% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 72% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Runs on less money than most
Mt. Juliet-Wilson County Public Library spends $11 per resident, less than 94% of similar-size libraries (typical: $40). 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.
What’s behind Mount Juliet’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Mount Juliet is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns, #9 of 150 in Tennessee. Mount Juliet is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
203 community nonprofits are registered in Mount Juliet
4.8 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 (68 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 13 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
9.6%
9.6% of Mount Juliet’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 6.7% in the typical Tennessee 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 Mount Juliet’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Mt. Juliet-Wilson County Public Library serves 75,825 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 137 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
428K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 82K books and other items on the shelves went out about 3.8 times last year, on average.
117,554 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Mount Juliet last year.
Find it
Mt. Juliet-Wilson County Public Library, 2765 North Mt. Juliet Road, Mt. Juliet.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Mount Juliet? 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 $7.11 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mount Juliet cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $862K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $862K 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 27,030 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville | Nashville Public Library fine-free | 11.8 | 53 | B− |
| Mount Juliet | Mt. Juliet-Wilson County Public Library | 5.6 | 60 | A− |
| Lebanon | Lebanon-Wilson County Public Library | — | 60 | C+ |
| Green Hill | 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.
- 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 Mount Juliet
Does Mount Juliet have a public library?
Yes. Mt. Juliet-Wilson County Public Library, 2765 North Mt. Juliet Road, serves Mount Juliet’s 75,825 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 60 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mt. Juliet-Wilson County Public 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 Mount Juliet’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 5.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Mount Juliet’s civic life grade?
A− Mount Juliet is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns on civic life, #9 of 150 in Tennessee. 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 Mount Juliet.
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.