Hanlontown’s library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Kinney Memorial Library serves Hanlontown’s 325 residents. Last year it lent 3,653 print books and media and logged 2,000 visits.
What Hanlontown’s library is like
A small-town library
Kinney Memorial Library serves 325 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 24 hours a week. 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 ↓
Hanlontown is a town of borrowers
Kinney Memorial Library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, more than 89% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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 Hanlontown’s civic life grade
Hanlontown 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 →
Books and media off the shelf
3,653 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 5,544 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.7 time last year, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Kinney Memorial Library serves 325 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
27 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Kinney Memorial Library, 214 Main St., Hanlontown.
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 $2.62 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hanlontown cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $24K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $62K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $24K 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 175 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 Hanlontown
Does Hanlontown have a public library?
Yes. Kinney Memorial Library, 214 Main St., serves Hanlontown’s 325 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 24 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Kinney Memorial Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Hanlontown’s library?
It logged 6.2 visits and lent 11.2 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Hanlontown’s civic life grade?
Hanlontown 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 Hanlontown.
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.