Pearisburg Public Library
Pearisburg Public Library serves Pearisburg’s 2,620 residents. Last year it lent 28K books, movies and e-books and logged 8,646 visits.
What stands out about Pearisburg Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Pearisburg Public Library serves 2,620 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
28K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 38K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.7 time last year, on average.
1,196 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
60 programs a year
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 Pearisburg last year.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.22 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pearisburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $345K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $422K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $345K 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 977 cardholders ÷ 12.
Every hour the doors are open, about 12 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Find it
Pearisburg Public Library, 209 Fort Branch Road, Pearisburg.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Pearisburg? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
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 Pearisburg.
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.