Lamont’s library logs 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Lamont Public Library serves Lamont’s 1,867 residents. Last year it lent 1,007 print books and media and logged 1,818 visits.
What Lamont’s library is like
Lamont Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Lamont Public Library records 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 0.5 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $15 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Lamont Public Library offered 4 programs last year, 2.1 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Lamont Public Library serves 1,867 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 22 hours a week
Lamont Public Library keeps short hours: about 22 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 12% of the people Lamont Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Lamont’s civic life grade
Lamont 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Lamont Public Library serves 1,867 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Lamont Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
1,007 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 9,115 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 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
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Lamont last year.
Find it
Lamont Public Library, 616 Bush St., Lamont.
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 Lamont cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $27K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $27K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $27K 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 221 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 Lamont
Does Lamont have a public library?
Yes. Lamont Public Library, 616 Bush St., serves Lamont’s 1,867 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 22 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lamont Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Lamont’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 0.5 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Lamont’s civic life grade?
Lamont 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 Lamont.
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.