Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0San Augustine’s library logs 1.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
San Augustine Public Library serves 7,833 people in and around San Augustine. Last year it lent 27K books, movies and e-books and logged 12K visits.
The short version on San Augustine’s library
Few programs for a library this size
San Augustine Public Library offered 46 programs last year, 5.9 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
45% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 45% of loans, more per resident than at 66% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 55%. 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; San Augustine Public Library serves 7,833 people in and around San Augustine, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind San Augustine’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, San Augustine is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. San Augustine is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; San Augustine’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
San Augustine Public Library spends $27 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.
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 →
8 community nonprofits are registered in San Augustine
3.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: arts & culture.
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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.4%
5.4% of San Augustine’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 San Augustine’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
San Augustine Public Library serves 7,833 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 12 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole San Augustine Public Library system. The library’s own count.
45% of borrowing is digital
27K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
12,000 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
46 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
San Augustine Public Library, 413 E Columbia St., San Augustine.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every San Augustine Public Library branch.
New in San Augustine? 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 $2.02 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average San Augustine cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $212K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $429K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $212K 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 5,688 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. San Augustine Public Library serves 7,833 people in and around San Augustine, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just San Augustine.
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 San Augustine
Does San Augustine have a public library?
Yes. San Augustine Public Library, 413 E Columbia St., serves 7,833 people in and around San Augustine (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is San Augustine 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 San Augustine’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 3.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is San Augustine’s civic life grade?
C− San Augustine is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 San Augustine.
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.