Library · Mathews
Mathews Memorial Library
Mathews’s library is the Mathews Memorial Library, a branch of Mathews Memorial Library, open about 46 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. Mathews’s branch belongs to Mathews Memorial Library, which serves 8,495 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Mathews Memorial Library
251 Main Street, Mathews 23109
46 hrsopen a week
18,500sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Mathews Memorial Library
33K
visits
3.9 per resident
19K
loans, print + digital
2.3 per resident
309
programs & events
4,079 attended
1,135
library cards
13% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 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
3.9 visits · typical 3.0
Higher than 64% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
1.3 print items · typical 3.8
Lower than most similar-size libraries (15th percentile)
Digital borrowing
1.0 e-items · typical 1.0
A little below typical (49th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
0.4 kids’ items · typical 1.6
Lower than most similar-size libraries (15th percentile)
Program attendance
0.5 attendees · typical 0.5
A little below typical (49th percentile)
Cardholders
13% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (6th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
19K loans last year
Books & media (adults)39%Kids’ books & media19%E-books, audio & streaming42%
Who the programs are for
309 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$67 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $573K.
Local 73%State 23%Federal 3%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.