Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Hedgesville’s library is a branch of Martinsburg-Berkeley Co. Public Library, which lends less per resident than 83% of systems its size
Hedgesville’s library is the Hedgesville Public Library, a branch of Martinsburg-Berkeley Co. Public Library, which serves 122,076 people and lent 289K items last year.
What Hedgesville’s library is like
The Martinsburg-Berkeley Co. Public Library system is used less than most libraries its size
The Martinsburg-Berkeley Co. Public Library system records 1 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries serving 100,000+ people. Borrowing is 1.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.2. It also spends less than most: $14 per resident, against a typical $36. How it compares ↓
West Virginia pays a big share
32% of the budget comes from the state, and 58% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Runs on less money than most
The Martinsburg-Berkeley Co. Public Library system spends $14 per resident, less than 92% of similar-size libraries (typical: $36). 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; Hedgesville’s library is a branch of Martinsburg-Berkeley Co. Public Library, so they cover the whole system (122,076 people), not just the Hedgesville branch.
What’s behind Hedgesville’s civic life grade
Hedgesville 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 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Martinsburg-Berkeley Co. Public Library serves 122,076 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 42 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Martinsburg-Berkeley Co. Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
289K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Hedgesville’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
91,220 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 9 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
Hedgesville Public Library, 207 North Mary Street, Hedgesville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Martinsburg-Berkeley Co. Public Library branch.
New in Hedgesville? 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 $2.81 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hedgesville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $1.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.8M 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 45,158 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Hedgesville Public Library is one branch of Martinsburg-Berkeley Co. Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 122,076 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 Hedgesville
Does Hedgesville have a public library?
Yes: Hedgesville Public Library, 207 North Mary Street, is a branch of Martinsburg-Berkeley Co. Public Library, which serves 122,076 people. The branch is open about 28 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Martinsburg-Berkeley Co. 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 Hedgesville’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 2.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Hedgesville’s civic life grade?
Hedgesville 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 Hedgesville.
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.