Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki · CC BY 3.0Munford’s library logs 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Munford Tipton County Memorial Library serves 27,287 people in and around Munford. Last year it lent 31K books, movies and e-books and logged 24K visits.
What Munford’s library is like
Munford Tipton County Memorial Library is used less than most libraries its size
Munford Tipton County Memorial Library records 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people. Borrowing is 0.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7. It also spends less than most: $5 per resident, against a typical $40. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Munford Tipton County Memorial Library offered 118 programs last year, 4.3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
75% of the 118 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 39 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Munford Tipton County Memorial Library serves more than Munford
The library’s service area covers 27,287 people in and around Munford, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
45% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 45% of loans. That’s partly because print borrowing is low: digital loans per resident are below typical too. What people borrow ↓
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 Munford’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Munford is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns, #66 of 150 in Tennessee. Munford is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Munford’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($67K–$112K) 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 →
22 community nonprofits are registered in Munford
3.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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 (7 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.0%
7.0% of Munford’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 Munford’s residents live; 2022.
45% of borrowing is digital
31K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 21K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.8 time last year, on average.
14,093 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Munford Tipton County Memorial Library serves 27,287 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 15 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 2 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.
Find it
Munford-Tipton Memorial Public Library, 1476 Munford Avenue, Munford.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Munford? 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 $3.52 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Munford cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $139K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $488K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $139K 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 5,745 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munford | Munford-Tipton Memorial Public Library | 1.2 | 40 | C |
| Atoka | None of its own | — | — | C |
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 Munford
Does Munford have a public library?
Yes. Munford Tipton County Memorial Library, 1476 Munford Avenue, serves 27,287 people in and around Munford (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Munford Tipton County Memorial 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 Munford’s library?
It logged 0.9 visits and lent 1.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Munford’s civic life grade?
C Munford is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns on civic life, #66 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 Munford.
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.