Devil's Den State Park Historic District · Photo: jaystout · CC BY 2.0Winslow’s library is a branch of Washington County Library System, which lends more per resident than 68% of systems its size
Winslow’s library is the Winslow Public Library, a branch of Washington County Library System, which serves 159,869 people and lent 1M items last year.
What stands out about Winslow Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Winslow’s civic life grade
Winslow 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Washington County Library System serves 159,869 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 55 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Washington County Library System system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
1M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
280,511 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
What kids borrow
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Find it
Winslow Public Library, 351 South Highway 71, Winslow.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Washington County Library System branch.
New in Winslow? The Handbook →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 $3.26 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Winslow cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $4.7M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $15M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $4.7M 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 33,675 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Winslow Public Library is one branch of Washington County Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 159,869 people it serves.
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 Winslow
Does Winslow have a public library?
Yes: Winslow Public Library, 351 South Highway 71, is a branch of Washington County Library System, which serves 159,869 people. The branch is open about 27 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Washington County Library System fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Winslow’s library?
It logged 2.0 visits and lent 6.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Winslow’s civic life grade?
Winslow 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 Winslow.
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.