Bedias’ library logs 0.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Bedias Public Library serves 1,294 people in and around Bedias. Last year it lent 1,188 books, movies and e-books and logged 692 visits.
Bedias’s library, in brief
Bedias Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Bedias Public Library records 0.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 0.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $6 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
58% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 42%. What your card is worth ↓
Open only about 15 hours a week
The Bedias branch keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Runs on less money than most
Bedias Public Library spends $6 per resident, less than 99% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). 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; Bedias Public Library serves 1,294 people in and around Bedias, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Bedias’ civic life grade
Bedias isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Bedias Public Library serves 1,294 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Bedias Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,188 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
34 programs a year
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
Bedias Public Library, 3348 Main St., Bedias.
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 $2.81 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Bedias cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $8,106.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $23K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $8,106 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 298 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Bedias Public Library serves 1,294 people in and around Bedias, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Bedias.
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 Bedias
Does Bedias have a public library?
Yes. Bedias Public Library, 3348 Main St., serves 1,294 people in and around Bedias (the survey’s count) and is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Bedias Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Bedias’ library?
It logged 0.5 visits and lent 0.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Bedias’ civic life grade?
Bedias isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Bedias.
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.