Photo: Public domain · Public domainIsle au Haut’s library runs 500 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Revere Memorial Library serves Isle au Haut’s 88 residents. Last year it lent 657 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,300 visits.
What Isle au Haut’s library is like
More library cards than residents
230 cards for 88 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 ↓
Eight times the programs of a typical library its size
Revere Memorial Library ran 44 programs last year, about 1 a week. That’s 500 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 306 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
45% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 55%. What your card is worth ↓
People come to Revere Memorial Library a lot
Revere Memorial Library logs 15 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, more than 95% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 7.2 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Revere Memorial Library serves 88 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 Isle au Haut’s civic life grade
Isle au Haut 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 →
44 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Revere Memorial Library serves 88 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
657 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Isle au Haut’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 9,270 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
24 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
Find it
Revere Memorial Library, 416 Main Street, Isle-Au-Haut.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting.
New in Isle au Haut? 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 $1.35 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Isle au Haut cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $11K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $14K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $11K 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 230 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Isle au Haut ranks 2nd of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swans Island | Swans Island Public Library fine-free | 9.4 | 15 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Isle au Haut | Revere Memorial Library fine-free | 7.5 | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Stonington | Stonington Public Library fine-free | 7.5 | 22 | A+ |
| Vinalhaven | Vinalhaven Public Library fine-free | 5.0 | 29 | B+ |
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 Isle au Haut
Does Isle au Haut have a public library?
Yes. Revere Memorial Library, 416 Main Street, serves Isle au Haut’s 88 residents (the survey’s count).
Is Revere Memorial Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Isle au Haut’s library?
It logged 14.8 visits and lent 7.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Isle au Haut’s civic life grade?
Isle au Haut 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 Isle au Haut.
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.