Storrs’ library lends 5.5 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Mansfield Public Library serves 25,401 people in and around Storrs from 2 locations. Last year it lent 170K books, movies and e-books and logged 52K visits.
Storrs’s library, in brief
Few residents carry a card
Only 16% of the people Mansfield Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 39% for its size. How it compares ↓
Mansfield Public Library serves more than Storrs
The library’s service area covers 25,401 people in and around Storrs, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
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.
What’s behind Storrs’ civic life grade
Storrs 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 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Mansfield Public Library serves 25,401 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 26 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
170K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 75K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.9 times last year, on average.
30,228 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 5 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.
2 places to borrow in Storrs
Library Express, 23 Royce Circle, Storrs-Mansfield.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Storrs? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Storrs
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.21 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Storrs cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.2M 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 4,104 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- 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.
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 Storrs
Does Storrs have a public library?
Yes. Mansfield Public Library, 23 Royce Circle, serves 25,401 people in and around Storrs (the survey’s count) and is open about 39 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mansfield Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Storrs’ library?
It logged 2.0 visits and lent 6.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Storrs’ civic life grade?
Storrs 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 Storrs.
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.