Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0La Moille’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. Last year it lent 8,225 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,742 visits.
La Moille’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, 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.
What’s behind La Moille’s civic life grade
La Moille 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 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District serves 1,642 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
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.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
8,225 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
9 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, 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
Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District, 81 Main Street, Lamoille.
Good at every Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District branch.
New in La Moille? The Handbook →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 $1.60 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average La Moille cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $87K.
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.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Moille | Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District | — | 36 | — under 1,000 residents |
| La Moille Township | Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District | — | 36 | — graded with its twin city |
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).
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, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just La Moille.
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
Does La Moille have a public library?
Yes. Lamoille-Clarion Public Library District, 81 Main Street, serves 1,642 people in and around La Moille (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’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’s civic life grade?
La Moille 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.
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.