Photo: Erod1997 · CC BY-SA 4.0Celina’s library logs 0.8 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Celina Public Library serves Celina’s 46,276 residents. Last year it lent 133K books, movies and e-books and logged 38K visits.
The short version on Celina’s library
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 81% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 59% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
The shelves work hard
Each of the 21,000 items on the shelves went out about 5.7 times last year, on average. What people borrow ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 18% of the people Celina Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 39% for its size. How it compares ↓
Fewer visits than most libraries its size
Celina Public Library records 0.8 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, below 93% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing holds up better, at 2.6 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Celina Public Library spends $8 per resident, less than 97% of similar-size libraries (typical: $40). 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.
What’s behind Celina’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Celina is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns, #81 of 539 in Texas. Celina is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Celina’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
104 community nonprofits are registered in Celina
3.0 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 (39 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
11.5%
11.5% of Celina’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 5.7% in the typical Texas 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 Celina’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.
Celina Public Library serves 46,276 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 42 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
133K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 21K books and other items on the shelves went out about 5.7 times last year, on average.
11,685 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
About 3 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Celina last year.
Find it
Celina Public Library, 142 N Ohio Dr, Celina.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting.
New in Celina? 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 $5.03 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Celina cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $375K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $375K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
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 8,522 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celina | Celina Public Library fine-free | 2.9 | 60 | B+ |
| Pilot Point | Pilot Point Community Library | 1.5 | 39 | B+ |
| Prosper | Prosper Community Library fine-free | — | 49 | 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.
- 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 Celina
Does Celina have a public library?
Yes. Celina Public Library, 142 N Ohio Dr, serves Celina’s 46,276 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 60 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Celina Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Celina’s library?
It logged 0.8 visits and lent 2.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Celina’s civic life grade?
B+ Celina is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns on civic life, #81 of 539 in Texas. 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 Celina.
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.