Library · Hatteras
Hatteras Branch Library
Hatteras’s library is the Hatteras Branch Library, a branch of East Albemarle Regional Library, open about 29 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Multi-county system. Hatteras’s branch belongs to East Albemarle Regional Library, which serves 121,569 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Hatteras Branch Library
57709 Highway 12, Hatteras 27943
29 hrsopen a week
3,600sq ft
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Auto-renews loansBooks renew on their own if no one’s waiting
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at East Albemarle Regional Library
222K
visits
1.8 per resident
427K
loans, print + digital
3.5 per resident
1,742
programs & events
34K attended
41K
library cards
34% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 100,000+ people
Per-resident numbers, compared only with libraries of a similar size across the country, because a tiny town’s library always looks busier per person.
Visits per resident
1.8 visits · typical 2.1
A little below typical (39th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
3.2 print items · typical 3.2
Higher than 50% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
0.4 e-items · typical 1.4
Lower than most similar-size libraries (11th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
1.1 kids’ items · typical 1.6
A little below typical (30th percentile)
Program attendance
0.3 attendees · typical 0.2
Higher than 66% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
34% of residents
A little below typical (35th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
427K loans last year
Books & media (adults)60%Kids’ books & media30%E-books, audio & streaming10%
Who the programs are for
1,742 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$25 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $3.1M.
Local 84%State 14%Federal 0%Gifts & other 2%
About these numbers
How to read this page
Hours are an averageThe 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.
One year, the library’s own countLibraries report their own visits, loans and programs for fiscal year 2024. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Distances are straight-line from the town center.