Anderson Creek Public Library
Anderson Creek’s library is the Anderson Creek Public Library, a branch of Harnett County Public Library, which serves 140,984 people and lent 417K items last year.
What stands out about Anderson Creek Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
Strongest at cardholders
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Harnett County Public Library serves 140,984 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.19 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Anderson Creek cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3M 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 105,146 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
Anderson Creek Public Library, 914 Anderson Creek School Rd, Bunnlevel.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Harnett County Public Library branch.
New in Anderson Creek? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Every hour the doors are open, about 29 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Harnett County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
417K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
110,970 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 17 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.
About these numbers
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Hours are an average. The survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
- Compared by size. “Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
- System-wide. Anderson Creek Public Library is one branch of Harnett County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 140,984 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Anderson Creek.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.