Photo: pfly from Pugetopolis, upload by Herrick 07:31, 26 September 2007 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 2.0Eustis’ library lends 1.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Stratton Public Library serves Eustis’s 802 residents. Last year it lent 1,466 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,864 visits.
What Eustis’s library is like
A small-town library
Stratton Public Library serves 802 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 31 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 ↓
Programs lean toward adults
90% of the 51 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 5 were for children. 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 Eustis’ civic life grade
Eustis 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 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Stratton Public Library serves 802 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Stratton Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,466 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 9,020 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
51 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Stratton Public Library, 88 Main Street, Stratton.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Eustis? 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 Eustis cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $59K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $29K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $59K 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 480 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eustis | Stratton Public Library fine-free | 1.8 | 31 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Coplin 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 Eustis
Does Eustis have a public library?
Yes. Stratton Public Library, 88 Main Street, serves Eustis’ 802 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 31 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Stratton Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Eustis’ library?
It logged 3.6 visits and lent 1.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Eustis’ civic life grade?
Eustis 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 Eustis.
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.