Photo: G. Edward Johnson · CC BY 4.0Bath (Berkeley Springs)’s library runs 15 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Morgan County Public Library serves 11,374 people in and around Bath (Berkeley Springs). Last year it lent 54K books, movies and e-books and logged 30K visits.
What Bath (Berkeley Springs)’s library is like
Programs are almost all for children
90% of the 174 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.7 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 8% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 40% for its size. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
28% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 31%. What your card is worth ↓
Runs on less money than most
Morgan County Public Library spends $12 per resident, less than 93% 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; Morgan County Public Library serves 11,374 people in and around Bath (Berkeley Springs), and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Bath (Berkeley Springs)’s civic life grade
Bath (Berkeley 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Morgan County Public Library serves 11,374 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 26 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Morgan County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
54K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Bath (Berkeley Springs)’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
6,976 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
Morgan County Public Library, 105 Congress St., Berkeley Springs.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Morgan County Public Library branch.
New in Bath (Berkeley 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 $6.65 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Bath (Berkeley Springs) cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $140K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $932K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $140K 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 890 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Morgan County Public Library serves 11,374 people in and around Bath (Berkeley Springs), so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Bath (Berkeley 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 Bath (Berkeley Springs)
Does Bath (Berkeley Springs) have a public library?
Yes. Morgan County Public Library, 105 Congress St., serves 11,374 people in and around Bath (Berkeley Springs) (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Morgan County 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 Bath (Berkeley Springs)’s library?
It logged 2.6 visits and lent 4.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Bath (Berkeley Springs)’s civic life grade?
Bath (Berkeley 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 Bath (Berkeley 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.