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Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District

La Moille Township’s library lends 5 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size

Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District serves 1,642 people in and around La Moille Township. Last year it lent 8,225 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,742 visits.

81 Main Street, Lamoille 61330 · about 36 hours a week
–Civic lifeNot graded: fewer than 1,000 residents
Borrowed a year
8,225
5 per resident
Visits a year
2,742
1.7 per resident · Below typical (3.5)
Programs & events
9
about 1 a week · 232 attended
Cardholders
26%
431 cards
Open
36 hrs
a week at this branch
In brief

La Moille Township’s library, in brief

Few programs for a library this size

Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District offered 9 programs last year, 5.5 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓

Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf

Only 0% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 99% 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; Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District serves 1,642 people in and around La Moille Township, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.

Civic life grade

What’s behind La Moille Township’s civic life grade

La Moille Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of La Moille Township’s overall grade.

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 →

How it compares

Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures

Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.

Visits per resident 1.7 visits · typical 3.5Lower than 81%
Borrowing per resident 5 print items · typical 3.9Higher than 62%
Digital borrowing 0 e-items · typical 1Bottom 10%
Kids’ borrowing 0.4 kids’ items · typical 1.4Lower than 81%
Program attendance 0.1 attendees · typical 0.7Lower than 85%
Programs offered 5.5 per 1,000 residents · typical 60Bottom 10%
Cardholders 26% of residents · typical 54%Lower than 82%
Spending $53 per resident · typical $54Lower than 51%
Fewer per residentMore per resident
Size group

Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District serves 1,642 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.

A year at the library

Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out

Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District system. The library’s own count.

2,742
visits
1.7 per resident
8,225
loans, print + digital
5 per resident
9
programs & events
232 attended
431
library cards
26% of people served
Every open hour4items borrowed
Every week4people at a program
Every day1Wi-Fi sessions
1 staff (full-time equivalent)6 public computers
What people borrow

Mostly books and media off the shelf

8,225 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.

8,225loans
Books & media (adults) 92%Kids’ books & media 8%E-books, audio & streaming 0%
Kids & programs

9 programs a year

Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.

Schools in La Moille Township →

Programs last year by age group

Ages 0–57
Ages 6–110
Teens0
Adults2
All ages0
Little ones
0.1

story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.

680
kids’ books & media borrowed
232
people at programs
9
programs
The building

Find it

Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District, 81 Main Street, Lamoille.

36
hours open a week
3,868
square feet
With a card

Good at every Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District branch.

New in La Moille Township? The Handbook →

Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.

What your card is worth

For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.60 worth

Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average La Moille Township cardholder borrows.

In a month I’d use…
Books$17 each
1
Kids’ books$12 each
0
E-books & audio$15 each
0
Movies & music$4 each
0
Programs & classes$10 a program
0
Computer & Wi-Fi$3 a session
0
Your card saves you about
$204
a year at retail prices · $17 a month

Who pays for it
$53 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $87K.

Local taxes 92%State 6%Gifts & other 1%

Last year the library lent and hosted about $140K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $87K budget.

Late fines apply to some overdue items.

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 431 cardholders ÷ 12.

Next door

Libraries next door

Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.

12+ loans per resident8–124–8Under 4No library / shared system
TownLibraryLoans per residentHoursCivic life
Ohio TownshipOhio Public Library District fine-free3.025— under 1,000 residents
La Moille TownshipLamoille-Clarion Public Library District—36— graded with its twin city
La MoilleLamoille-Clarion Public Library District—36— under 1,000 residents
Clarion TownshipNone of its own——— under 1,000 residents
Berlin TownshipNone of its own——— under 1,000 residents
May TownshipNone of its own——— under 1,000 residents

Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.

  • System-wide. Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District serves 1,642 people in and around La Moille Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just La Moille Township.

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 La Moille Township

Does La Moille Township have a public library?

Yes. Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District, 81 Main Street, serves 1,642 people in and around La Moille Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.

Is Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District fine-free?

It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).

How busy is La Moille Township’s library?

It logged 1.7 visits and lent 5.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.

What is La Moille Township’s civic life grade?

La Moille Township 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 La Moille Township.

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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.