Photo: La Citta Vita · CC BY-SA 2.0Middleburg’s library is a branch of Loudoun County Public Library, which lends more per resident than 91% of systems its size
Middleburg’s library is the Middleburg Library, a branch of Loudoun County Public Library, which serves 425,204 people and lent 5.4M items last year.
What Middleburg’s library is like
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 72% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 98% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
One of the busiest library systems its size
The Loudoun County Public Library system logs 4 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries serving 100,000+ people, and lends 8.7 print items per resident against a typical 3.2. On both counts it beats 91% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
The Loudoun County Public Library system ran 9,989 programs last year, about 192 a week. That’s 23 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 9. People show up: 351,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 16% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 41% for its size. How it compares ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 4.1 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.4, higher than at 90% of similar-size libraries. It’s 32% of all loans. 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; Middleburg’s library is a branch of Loudoun County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (425,204 people), not just the Middleburg branch.
What’s behind Middleburg’s civic life grade
Middleburg 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 →
About 86 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Loudoun County Public Library serves 425,204 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 155 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Loudoun County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
5.4M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,729,054 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Middleburg Library, 101 Read Street, Middleburg.
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 Loudoun County Public Library branch.
New in Middleburg? 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 $3.29 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Middleburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $24M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $24M 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 66,431 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Middleburg Library is one branch of Loudoun County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 425,204 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 Middleburg
Does Middleburg have a public library?
Yes: Middleburg Library, 101 Read Street, is a branch of Loudoun County Public Library, which serves 425,204 people. The branch is open about 61 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Loudoun County 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 Middleburg’s library?
It logged 4.0 visits and lent 12.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Middleburg’s civic life grade?
Middleburg 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 Middleburg.
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.