Union Hall · Public domainDanforth’s library logs 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Danforth Public Library serves Danforth’s 1,150 residents. Last year it lent 521 books, movies and e-books and logged 450 visits.
Danforth’s library, in brief
Danforth Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Danforth Public Library records 0.4 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: $4 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
63% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 37%. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Danforth Public Library offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 14 hours a week
Danforth Public Library keeps short hours: about 14 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
A small-town library
Danforth Public Library serves 1,150 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 ↓
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 Danforth’s civic life grade
Danforth 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.
Danforth Public Library serves 1,150 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Danforth Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: library cards. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
521 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 3,102 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
What kids borrow
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Find it
Danforth Public Library, 46 Central Street, Danforth.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Danforth? 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 $1.76 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Danforth resident borrows (the library didn’t report its card count for 2024).
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $4,894.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $8,592 worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $4,894 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 resident’s month = the library’s yearly loans and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ the 1,150 people it serves ÷ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danforth | Danforth Public Library fine-free | 0.5 | 14 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Weston | 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.
- Not reported for 2024: library cards. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
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 Danforth
Does Danforth have a public library?
Yes. Danforth Public Library, 46 Central Street, serves Danforth’s 1,150 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 14 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Danforth Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Danforth’s library?
It logged 0.4 visits and lent 0.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Danforth’s civic life grade?
Danforth 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 Danforth.
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.