Photo: Kimfish92 · CC BY-SA 4.0Carrabassett Valley’s library logs 8.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Carrabassett Valley Public Library serves Carrabassett Valley’s 701 residents. Last year it lent 6,573 print books and media and logged 6,215 visits.
The short version on Carrabassett Valley’s library
More library cards than residents
5,920 cards for 701 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Carrabassett Valley Public Library serves 701 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 ↓
Carrabassett Valley uses its library more than almost any town its size
Carrabassett Valley Public Library logs 8.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 9.4 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 85% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Carrabassett Valley invests in its library
Carrabassett Valley Public Library spends $165 per resident a year, about three times the typical $54 for a library its size. Almost all of it (86%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Programs draw a crowd
1,792 people came to the library’s 102 programs last year: 2.6 per resident, against a typical 0.7, more than at 90% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
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 Carrabassett Valley’s civic life grade
Carrabassett Valley 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 all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Carrabassett Valley Public Library serves 701 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. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
6,573 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 16K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program a week
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
Carrabassett Valley Public Library, 3209 Carrabassett Drive #3, Carrabassett Valley.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Carrabassett Valley? The Handbook →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 Carrabassett Valley cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $115K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $115K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $115K 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 5,920 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrabassett Valley | Carrabassett Valley Public Library fine-free | 9.4 | 34 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Kingfield | Webster Library fine-free | 2.9 | 16 | B |
| Highland 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.
- 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 Carrabassett Valley
Does Carrabassett Valley have a public library?
Yes. Carrabassett Valley Public Library, 3209 Carrabassett Drive #3, serves Carrabassett Valley’s 701 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Carrabassett Valley Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Carrabassett Valley’s library?
It logged 8.9 visits and lent 9.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Carrabassett Valley’s civic life grade?
Carrabassett Valley 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 Carrabassett Valley.
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.