Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHundred’s library logs 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Hundred Public Library serves 2,246 people in and around Hundred. Last year it lent 4,941 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,168 visits.
Hundred’s library, in brief
Hundred Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Hundred Public Library records 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $20 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Programs are almost all for children
82% of the 61 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 40 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
West Virginia pays a big share
33% of the budget comes from the state, and 61% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Runs on less money than most
Hundred Public Library spends $20 per resident, less than 91% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). 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; Hundred Public Library serves 2,246 people in and around Hundred, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Hundred’s civic life grade
Hundred 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 under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Hundred Public Library serves 2,246 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Hundred Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
4,941 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Hundred’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
1,210 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
61 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
Hundred Public Library, 3527 Hornet Highway, Hundred.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Hundred Public Library branch.
New in Hundred? 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 $2.29 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hundred cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $44K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $102K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $44K 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 1,178 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Hundred Public Library serves 2,246 people in and around Hundred, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Hundred.
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 Hundred
Does Hundred have a public library?
Yes. Hundred Public Library, 3527 Hornet Highway, serves 2,246 people in and around Hundred (the survey’s count) and is open about 41 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hundred 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 Hundred’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 2.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Hundred’s civic life grade?
Hundred 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 Hundred.
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.