Pineland’s library logs 9.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Arthur Temple Sr Memorial Library serves Pineland’s 902 residents. Last year it lent 6,792 books, movies and e-books and logged 8,226 visits.
What Pineland’s library is like
More library cards than residents
3,052 cards for 902 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
97% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 3%. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Arthur Temple Sr Memorial Library offered 4 programs last year, 4.4 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Arthur Temple Sr Memorial Library serves 902 residents with about 2 full-time staff, open about 33 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Pineland invests in its library
Arthur Temple Sr Memorial Library spends $209 per resident a year, about four times the typical $54 for a library its size. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Pineland’s civic life grade
Pineland 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Arthur Temple Sr Memorial Library serves 902 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
6,792 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 20K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
2,083 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
4 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Pineland last year.
Find it
Arthur Temple Sr Memorial Library, 106 Timberland Hwy, Pineland.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Pineland? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pineland cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $188K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $109K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $188K 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 3,052 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 Pineland
Does Pineland have a public library?
Yes. Arthur Temple Sr Memorial Library, 106 Timberland Hwy, serves Pineland’s 902 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 33 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Arthur Temple Sr 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 Pineland’s library?
It logged 9.1 visits and lent 7.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Pineland’s civic life grade?
Pineland 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 Pineland.
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.