Photo: Taber Andrew Bain from Richmond, VA, USA · CC BY 2.0Amelia Court House’s library runs 34 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
James L. Hamner Public Library serves 13,300 people in and around Amelia Court House. Last year it lent 25K books, movies and e-books and logged 23K visits.
What stands out about James L. Hamner Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Amelia Court House’s civic life grade
Amelia Court House 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 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
James L. Hamner Public Library serves 13,300 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 James L. Hamner Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
25K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
3,841 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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
James L. Hamner Public Library, 16351 Dunn St., Amelia.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every James L. Hamner Public Library branch.
New in Amelia Court House? 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 Amelia Court House cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $479K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $460K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $479K 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 578 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. James L. Hamner Public Library serves 13,300 people in and around Amelia Court House, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Amelia Court House.
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 Amelia Court House
Does Amelia Court House have a public library?
Yes. James L. Hamner Public Library, 16351 Dunn St., serves 13,300 people in and around Amelia Court House (the survey’s count) and is open about 44 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is James L. Hamner Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Amelia Court House’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 1.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Amelia Court House’s civic life grade?
Amelia Court House 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 Amelia Court House.
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.