Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0Tullahoma’s library runs 7.4 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Coffee County Lannom Memorial Public Library serves 30,456 people in and around Tullahoma. Last year it lent 145K books, movies and e-books and logged 57K visits.
The short version on Tullahoma’s library
Most programs are for young children
71% of the 224 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.8 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Open about 64 hours a week
The Tullahoma branch is open about 64 hours a week, averaged over the year. The building ↓
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; Coffee County Lannom Memorial Public Library serves 30,456 people in and around Tullahoma, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Tullahoma’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Tullahoma is ahead of 93% of U.S. towns, #1 of 150 in Tennessee. Tullahoma 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 →
101 community nonprofits are registered in Tullahoma
4.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (20 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 3 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
22.8%
22.8% of Tullahoma’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 Tullahoma’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Coffee County Lannom Memorial Public Library serves 30,456 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 44 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Coffee County Lannom Memorial Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
145K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
44,009 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, 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
Coffee County Lannom Memorial Public Library, 312 North Collins Street, Tullahoma.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Coffee County Lannom Memorial Public Library branch.
New in Tullahoma? 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 $3.61 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Tullahoma cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $629K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $629K 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 10,941 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tullahoma | Coffee County Lannom Memorial Public Library | — | 64 | A |
| Lynchburg | Moore County Public Library fine-free | — | 35 | B− |
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.
- System-wide. Coffee County Lannom Memorial Public Library serves 30,456 people in and around Tullahoma, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Tullahoma.
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 Tullahoma
Does Tullahoma have a public library?
Yes. Coffee County Lannom Memorial Public Library, 312 North Collins Street, serves 30,456 people in and around Tullahoma (the survey’s count) and is open about 64 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Coffee County Lannom Memorial 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 Tullahoma’s library?
It logged 1.9 visits and lent 4.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Tullahoma’s civic life grade?
A Tullahoma is ahead of 93% of U.S. towns on civic life, #1 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 Tullahoma.
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.