Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY-SA 4.0McKenney’s library is a branch of Appomattox Regional Library System, which lends less per resident than 66% of systems its size
McKenney’s library is the Mckenney Branch Library, a branch of Appomattox Regional Library System, which serves 94,174 people and lent 546K items last year.
What McKenney’s library is like
Most of the system’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 57% of loans, more per resident than at 90% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 43%. What people borrow ↓
Virginia pays a big share
26% of the budget comes from the state, and 74% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. 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; McKenney’s library is a branch of Appomattox Regional Library System, so they cover the whole system (94,174 people), not just the McKenney branch.
What’s behind McKenney’s civic life grade
McKenney 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 →
57% of borrowing is digital
546K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
309,283 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Appomattox Regional Library System serves 94,174 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 39 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Appomattox Regional Library System system. The library’s own count.
About 15 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
Mckenney Branch Library, 20916 Old School Road, Mckenney.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Appomattox Regional Library System branch.
New in McKenney? 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 $3.38 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average McKenney cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $8.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.5M 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 4,669 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Mckenney Branch Library is one branch of Appomattox Regional Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 94,174 people it serves.
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 McKenney
Does McKenney have a public library?
Yes: Mckenney Branch Library, 20916 Old School Road, is a branch of Appomattox Regional Library System, which serves 94,174 people. The branch is open about 27 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Appomattox Regional Library System 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 McKenney’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 5.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is McKenney’s civic life grade?
McKenney 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 McKenney.
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.