Salt Rock’s library is a branch of Cabell County Public Library, which lends more per resident than 83% of systems its size
Salt Rock’s library is the Salt Rock, a branch of Cabell County Public Library, which serves 94,350 people and lent 933K items last year.
The short version on Salt Rock’s library
More library cards than residents
144,326 cards for 94,350 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, it’s 39%. How it compares ↓
Programs draw a crowd
79,000 people came to the system’s 2,798 programs last year: 0.8 per resident, against a typical 0.3, more than at 92% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
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; Salt Rock’s library is a branch of Cabell County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (94,350 people), not just the Salt Rock branch.
What’s behind Salt Rock’s civic life grade
Salt Rock 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 all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Cabell County Public Library serves 94,350 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 48 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Cabell County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
933K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Salt Rock’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
171,911 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 34 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
Salt Rock, 5575 Madison Creek Rd, Salt Rock.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Cabell County Public Library branch.
New in Salt Rock? 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 $3.89 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Salt Rock cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $4.2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $16M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $4.2M 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 144,326 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Salt Rock is one branch of Cabell County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 94,350 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 Salt Rock
Does Salt Rock have a public library?
Yes: Salt Rock, 5575 Madison Creek Rd, is a branch of Cabell County Public Library, which serves 94,350 people. The branch is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cabell County 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 Salt Rock’s library?
It logged 2.6 visits and lent 9.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Salt Rock’s civic life grade?
Salt Rock 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 Salt Rock.
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.