Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0Woodbury’s library is a branch of Cannon County Library System, which lends less per resident than 88% of systems its size
Woodbury’s library is the Adams Memorial Library, a branch of Cannon County Library System, which serves 15,063 people and lent 32K items last year.
The short version on Woodbury’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, the Cannon County Library System sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on six. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Cannon County Library System offered 140 programs last year, 9.3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
70% of the 140 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 47 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
44% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 44% 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; Woodbury’s library is a branch of Cannon County Library System, so they cover the whole system (15,063 people), not just the Woodbury branch.
What’s behind Woodbury’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Woodbury is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns, #80 of 150 in Tennessee. Woodbury is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Woodbury’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($44K–$73K) 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 →
9 community nonprofits are registered in Woodbury
3.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.4%
6.4% of Woodbury’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 Woodbury’s residents live; 2022.
44% of borrowing is digital
32K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
14,182 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 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Cannon County Library System serves 15,063 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 Cannon County Library System system. The library’s own count.
About 2 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
Adams Memorial Library, 212 College Street, Woodbury.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Cannon County Library System branch.
New in Woodbury? 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 $1.78 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Woodbury cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $293K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $522K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $293K 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 4,017 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Adams Memorial Library is one branch of Cannon County Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 15,063 people it serves.
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 Woodbury
Does Woodbury have a public library?
Yes: Adams Memorial Library, 212 College Street, is a branch of Cannon County Library System, which serves 15,063 people. The branch is open about 42 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cannon County Library System 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 Woodbury’s library?
It logged 1.6 visits and lent 2.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Woodbury’s civic life grade?
C Woodbury is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns on civic life, #80 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 Woodbury.
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.