Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Stratton’s library runs 238 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Stratton Public Library serves Stratton’s 646 residents. Last year it lent 5,340 print books and media and logged 2,460 visits.
Stratton’s library, in brief
More library cards than residents
818 cards for 646 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 ↓
Programs are almost all for children
99% of the 154 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.5 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Stratton Public Library ran 154 programs last year, about 3 a week. That’s 238 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Stratton Public Library serves 646 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 ↓
Open only about 20 hours a week
Stratton Public Library keeps short hours: about 20 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
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 Stratton’s civic life grade
Stratton 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 →
About 3 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 Stratton last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Stratton Public Library serves 646 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
5,340 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 5,777 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.9 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card.
Find it
Stratton Public Library, 331 New York Avenue, Stratton.
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 $3.70 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Stratton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $22K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $82K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $22K 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 818 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Stratton
Does Stratton have a public library?
Yes. Stratton Public Library, 331 New York Avenue, serves Stratton’s 646 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Stratton 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 Stratton’s library?
It logged 3.8 visits and lent 8.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Stratton’s civic life grade?
Stratton 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 Stratton.
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.