Marion & Ed Hughes Public Library
Marion & Ed Hughes Public Library serves Nederland’s 18,118 residents. Last year it lent 97K books, movies and e-books and logged 47K visits.
Every hour the doors are open, about 41 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Close to typical for its size
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Marion & Ed Hughes Public Library serves 18,118 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
97K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 82K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1 time last year, on average.
14,639 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 4 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Nederland last year.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.91 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Nederland cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $531K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $531K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 4,531 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
Marion & Ed Hughes Public Library, 2712 Nederland Ave, Nederland.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Nederland? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Libraries next door
Nederland borrows the most per resident of the 3 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nederland | Marion & Ed Hughes Public Library | 5.4 | 46 |
| Port Neches | Effie & Wilton Hebert Public Library | 3.6 | 57 |
| Port Arthur | Port Arthur Public Library | 0.3 | 55 |
| Central Gardens | None of its own | — | — |
| Beauxart Gardens | None of its own | — | — |
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.
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.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Nederland.
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.