Hollis’ library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Hollis Public Library serves Hollis’s 145 residents. Last year it lent 1,623 books, movies and e-books and logged 893 visits.
Hollis’s library, in brief
More library cards than residents
218 cards for 145 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Alaska pays a big share
76% of the budget comes from the state, and 11% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
A small-town library
Hollis Public Library serves 145 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Hollis is a town of borrowers
Hollis Public Library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, more than 88% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
A place to get online
Hollis Public Library logs about 2 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 1 public computers. That’s 5 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Hollis’ civic life grade
Hollis isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,623 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 8,408 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
70 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Hollis Public Library serves 145 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Hollis Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: hours open. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
17 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.
Find it
Hollis Public Library, No. 1 Hollis Chilkat Road, Hollis.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $3.58 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hollis cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $7,957.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $28K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $7,957 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 218 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: hours open. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Hollis
Does Hollis have a public library?
Yes. Hollis Public Library, No. 1 Hollis Chilkat Road, serves Hollis’ 145 residents (the survey’s count).
Is Hollis Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Hollis’ library?
It logged 6.2 visits and lent 11.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Hollis’ civic life grade?
Hollis isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Hollis.
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.