Havelock’s library logs 4.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Havelock Public Library serves Havelock’s 130 residents. Last year it lent 108 print books and media and logged 600 visits.
What Havelock’s library is like
A small-town library
Havelock Public Library serves 130 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 ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Havelock Public Library lends 0.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, fewer than 93% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. 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 Havelock’s civic life grade
Havelock 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 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Havelock Public Library serves 130 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Havelock Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
108 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 2,997 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0 time last year, on average.
4 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
Havelock Public Library, 939 Main St., Havelock.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Havelock cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $6,594.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3,426 worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $6,594 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 65 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Havelock Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- 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 Havelock
Does Havelock have a public library?
Yes. Havelock Public Library, 939 Main St., serves Havelock’s 130 residents (the survey’s count).
Is Havelock Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Havelock’s library?
It logged 4.6 visits and lent 0.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Havelock’s civic life grade?
Havelock 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 Havelock.
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.