Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainLisbon Falls’ library logs 2.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Lisbon Library Dept serves 9,729 people in and around Lisbon Falls. Last year it lent 34K print books and media and logged 21K visits.
Lisbon Falls’s library, in brief
Most programs are for young children
79% of the 285 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.2 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 8% of the people Lisbon Library Dept serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Lisbon Library Dept serves more than Lisbon Falls
The library’s service area covers 9,729 people in and around Lisbon Falls, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 58% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 61% 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 Lisbon Falls’ civic life grade
Lisbon Falls 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 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Lisbon Library Dept serves 9,729 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 14 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
34K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 36K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 4 kids’ programs 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
Lisbon Library Dept, 28 Main Street, Lisbon Falls.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Lisbon Falls? 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 $1.30 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lisbon Falls cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $394K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $512K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $394K 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 782 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Lisbon Falls ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
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 Lisbon Falls
Does Lisbon Falls have a public library?
Yes. Lisbon Library Dept, 28 Main Street, serves 9,729 people in and around Lisbon Falls (the survey’s count) and is open about 46 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lisbon Library Dept 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 Lisbon Falls’ library?
It logged 2.1 visits and lent 3.5 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Lisbon Falls’ civic life grade?
Lisbon Falls 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 Lisbon Falls.
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.