Photo: Techclub (Uploads) · CC BY-SA 3.0Bingham’s library logs 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Bingham Union Library serves 1,402 people in and around Bingham. Last year it lent 1,360 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,294 visits.
What Bingham’s library is like
Bingham Union Library is used less than most libraries its size
Bingham Union Library records 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $10 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Open only about 12 hours a week
Bingham Union Library keeps short hours: about 12 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Bingham Union Library offered 6 programs last year, 4.3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Bingham Union Library serves 1,402 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 ↓
Bingham Union Library serves more than Bingham
The library’s service area covers 1,402 people in and around Bingham, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. 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 Bingham’s civic life grade
Bingham 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 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Bingham Union Library serves 1,402 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,360 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 3,989 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
6 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
Bingham Union Library, 297 Main Street, Bingham.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Bingham? 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 $1.55 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Bingham cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $14K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $22K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $14K 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 349 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solon | Coolidge Library fine-free | 2.1 | 20 | B− |
| Bingham | Bingham Union Library fine-free | 1.0 | 12 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Moscow | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Brighton plantation | None 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).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Bingham
Does Bingham have a public library?
Yes. Bingham Union Library, 297 Main Street, serves 1,402 people in and around Bingham (the survey’s count) and is open about 12 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Bingham Union Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Bingham’s library?
It logged 0.9 visits and lent 1.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Bingham’s civic life grade?
Bingham 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 Bingham.
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.