Photo: Mojo Hand · CC BY-SA 4.0Urbanna’s library is a branch of Middlesex County Public Library, which lends less per resident than 81% of systems its size
Urbanna’s library is the Middlesex County Public Library Urbanna, a branch of Middlesex County Public Library, which serves 10,586 people and lent 25K items last year.
Urbanna’s library, in brief
Programs are almost all for children
93% of the 162 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.8 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
The Middlesex County Public Library system is used less than most libraries its size
The Middlesex County Public Library system records 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 1.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. How it compares ↓
Virginia pays a big share
21% of the budget comes from the state, and 78% 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; Urbanna’s library is a branch of Middlesex County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (10,586 people), not just the Urbanna branch.
What’s behind Urbanna’s civic life grade
Urbanna 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Middlesex County Public Library serves 10,586 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Middlesex County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
25K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
7,416 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 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
Middlesex County Public Library Urbanna, 150 Grace Ave., Urbanna.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Middlesex County Public Library branch.
New in Urbanna? 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 $1.18 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Urbanna cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $367K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $433K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $367K 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 661 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Middlesex County Public Library Urbanna is one branch of Middlesex County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 10,586 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 Urbanna
Does Urbanna have a public library?
Yes: Middlesex County Public Library Urbanna, 150 Grace Ave., is a branch of Middlesex County Public Library, which serves 10,586 people. The branch is open about 42 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Middlesex 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 Urbanna’s library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 2.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Urbanna’s civic life grade?
Urbanna 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 Urbanna.
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.