Photo: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0Ronceverte’s library logs 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Ronceverte Public Library serves 5,274 people in and around Ronceverte. Last year it lent 4,845 books, movies and e-books and logged 3,840 visits.
Ronceverte’s library, in brief
Ronceverte Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Ronceverte Public Library records 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $17 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Ronceverte Public Library offered 4 programs last year, 0.8 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
43% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 29%. 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; Ronceverte Public Library serves 5,274 people in and around Ronceverte, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Ronceverte’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Ronceverte is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns. Ronceverte is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
7 community nonprofits are registered in Ronceverte
4.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
12.0%
12.0% of Ronceverte’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.9% in the typical West Virginia town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Ronceverte’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Ronceverte Public Library serves 5,274 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 Ronceverte Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
4,845 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Ronceverte’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
1,427 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
4 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Ronceverte Public Library, 500 Main Street W., Ronceverte.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Ronceverte Public Library branch.
New in Ronceverte? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Ronceverte cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $87K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $81K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $87K 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 1,186 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronceverte | Ronceverte Public Library fine-free | — | 36 | A |
| Fairlea | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Ronceverte Public Library serves 5,274 people in and around Ronceverte, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Ronceverte.
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 Ronceverte
Does Ronceverte have a public library?
Yes. Ronceverte Public Library, 500 Main Street W., serves 5,274 people in and around Ronceverte (the survey’s count) and is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Ronceverte 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 Ronceverte’s library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 0.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Ronceverte’s civic life grade?
A Ronceverte is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns on civic life. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Ronceverte.
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.