Limington Academy · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Limington’s library logs 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Davis Memorial Library serves Limington’s 4,081 residents. Last year it lent 7,633 books, movies and e-books and logged 4,205 visits.
Limington’s library, in brief
Programs are almost all for children
100% of the 51 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 51 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Davis Memorial Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on six. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 15% of the people Davis Memorial Library serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Davis Memorial Library spends $14 per resident, less than 92% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). What your card is worth ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 0% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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.
What’s behind Limington’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Limington is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns, #118 of 143 in Maine. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($64K–$106K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
14 community nonprofits are registered in Limington
3.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.9%
8.9% of Limington’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 9.0% in the typical Maine town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Limington’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Davis Memorial Library serves 4,081 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
7,633 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 11K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.7 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
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Limington last year.
Find it
Davis Memorial Library, 928 Cape Road, Limington.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Limington? 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 $2.02 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Limington cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $57K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $115K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $57K 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 630 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Limington ranks 4th of 8 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornish | Bonney Memorial Library fine-free | 6.8 | 21 | B− |
| Limerick | Limerick Public Library fine-free | 4.4 | 29 | C− |
| Waterboro | Waterboro Public Library fine-free | 2.9 | 29 | C |
| Limington | Davis Memorial Library fine-free | 1.9 | 29 | C |
| Hollis | Hollis Center Public Library fine-free | 1.1 | 21 | C |
| Baldwin | Brown Memorial Library - Baldwin fine-free | 1.0 | 15 | B+ |
| Steep Falls | Steep Falls Library fine-free | 0.2 | 28 | — graded as part of its town |
| Standish | Richville Library fine-free | 0.1 | 7 | C |
| Lake Arrowhead | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
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 Limington
Does Limington have a public library?
Yes. Davis Memorial Library, 928 Cape Road, serves Limington’s 4,081 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 29 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Davis Memorial Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Limington’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 1.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Limington’s civic life grade?
C Limington is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on civic life, #118 of 143 in Maine. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Limington.
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.