Photo: RifeIdeas · CC BY-SA 3.0Hopkinton’s library lends 0.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Hopkinton Public Library serves Hopkinton’s 1,891 residents. Last year it lent 1,515 print books and media and logged 2,080 visits.
Hopkinton’s library, in brief
Hopkinton Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Hopkinton Public Library records 1.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 0.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Hopkinton Public Library serves 1,891 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 34 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 ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
31% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 67%. What your card is worth ↓
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 Hopkinton’s civic life grade
Hopkinton 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 2 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Hopkinton Public Library serves 1,891 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Hopkinton Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
1,515 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 9,503 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
121 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Hopkinton last year.
Find it
Hopkinton Public Library, 110 1st St. SE, Hopkinton.
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 Hopkinton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $85K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $56K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $85K 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 785 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 Hopkinton
Does Hopkinton have a public library?
Yes. Hopkinton Public Library, 110 1st St. SE, serves Hopkinton’s 1,891 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hopkinton Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Hopkinton’s library?
It logged 1.1 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 Hopkinton’s civic life grade?
Hopkinton 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 Hopkinton.
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.