Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Capon Bridge’s library lends 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Capon Bridge Public Library serves 4,619 people in and around Capon Bridge. Last year it lent 6,768 books, movies and e-books and logged 5,097 visits.
The short version on Capon Bridge’s library
Capon Bridge Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Capon Bridge Public Library records 1.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $22 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
West Virginia pays a big share
28% of the budget comes from the state, and 59% 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; Capon Bridge Public Library serves 4,619 people in and around Capon Bridge, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Capon Bridge’s civic life grade
Capon Bridge 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 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Capon Bridge Public Library serves 4,619 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Capon Bridge Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
6,768 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Capon Bridge’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
1,487 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
96 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
Capon Bridge Public Library, 2987 Northwestern Pike, Capon Bridge.
No late fees. Good at every Capon Bridge Public Library branch.
New in Capon Bridge? 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 $1.26 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Capon Bridge cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $102K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $128K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $102K 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 3,230 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Capon Bridge Public Library serves 4,619 people in and around Capon Bridge, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Capon Bridge.
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 Capon Bridge
Does Capon Bridge have a public library?
Yes. Capon Bridge Public Library, 2987 Northwestern Pike, serves 4,619 people in and around Capon Bridge (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Capon Bridge Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Capon Bridge’s library?
It logged 1.1 visits and lent 1.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Capon Bridge’s civic life grade?
Capon Bridge 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 Capon Bridge.
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.