Photo: DwayneP. The original uploader was DwayneP at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Strawberry Plains’ library lends 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Parrott-Wood Memorial Library serves 8,097 people in and around Strawberry Plains. Last year it lent 13K books, movies and e-books and logged 15K visits.
Strawberry Plains’s library, in brief
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Parrott-Wood Memorial Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on four. How it compares ↓
Parrott-Wood Memorial Library serves more than Strawberry Plains
The library’s service area covers 8,097 people in and around Strawberry Plains, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Parrott-Wood Memorial Library lends 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, fewer than 88% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. 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 Strawberry Plains’ civic life grade
Strawberry Plains isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library’s visits weren’t reported for 2024.
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 →
Volunteering in Strawberry Plains
Strawberry Plains is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
5.7%
5.7% of Strawberry Plains’ 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 Strawberry Plains’ residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Parrott-Wood Memorial Library serves 8,097 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
13K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 8,286 books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.1 time last year, on average.
3,616 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, 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
Parrott-Wood Memorial Library, 3133 W. Old Andrew Johnson Hwy., Strawberry Plains.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Strawberry Plains? 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 $1.74 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Strawberry Plains cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $130K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $227K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $130K 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 2,694 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Strawberry Plains
Does Strawberry Plains have a public library?
Yes. Parrott-Wood Memorial Library, 3133 W. Old Andrew Johnson Hwy., serves 8,097 people in and around Strawberry Plains (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Parrott-Wood 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 Strawberry Plains’ library?
It logged 1.9 visits and lent 1.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Strawberry Plains’ civic life grade?
Strawberry Plains isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library’s visits weren’t reported for 2024. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Strawberry Plains.
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.