Photo: Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0Addison (Webster Springs)’s library lends 0.5 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Webster-Addison Public Library serves 4,022 people in and around Addison (Webster Springs). Last year it lent 4,016 books, movies and e-books and logged 5,737 visits.
Addison (Webster Springs)’s library, in brief
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
38% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 27%. What your card is worth ↓
Most of the library’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 52% of loans. That’s partly because print borrowing is low: digital loans per resident are below typical too. What people borrow ↓
Programs lean toward adults
52% of the 100 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 37 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
Webster-Addison Public Library spends $15 per resident, less than 90% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). 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; Webster-Addison Public Library serves 4,022 people in and around Addison (Webster Springs), and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Addison (Webster Springs)’s civic life grade
Addison (Webster Springs) 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 →
52% of borrowing is digital
4,016 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Addison (Webster Springs)’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
2,072 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 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Webster-Addison Public Library serves 4,022 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Webster-Addison Public Library system. The library’s own count.
100 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
Webster-Addison Public Library, 331 S. Main Street, Webster Springs.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Webster-Addison Public Library branch.
New in Addison (Webster Springs)? 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 $1.22 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Addison (Webster Springs) cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $61K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $75K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $61K 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 2,082 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Webster-Addison Public Library serves 4,022 people in and around Addison (Webster Springs), so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Addison (Webster Springs).
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 Addison (Webster Springs)
Does Addison (Webster Springs) have a public library?
Yes. Webster-Addison Public Library, 331 S. Main Street, serves 4,022 people in and around Addison (Webster Springs) (the survey’s count) and is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Webster-Addison 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 Addison (Webster Springs)’s library?
It logged 1.4 visits and lent 1.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Addison (Webster Springs)’s civic life grade?
Addison (Webster Springs) 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 Addison (Webster Springs).
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.