Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainMillinocket’s library logs 6.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Millinocket Memorial Library serves Millinocket’s 4,102 residents from 2 locations. Last year it lent 15K print books and media and logged 25K visits.
The short version on Millinocket’s library
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
55% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 45%. What your card is worth ↓
Millinocket invests in its library
Millinocket’s library system spends $84 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. What your card is worth ↓
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 Millinocket’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Millinocket is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns, #46 of 143 in Maine. Millinocket’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
28 community nonprofits are registered in Millinocket
6.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.9%
5.9% of Millinocket’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 Millinocket’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Millinocket Memorial Library serves 4,102 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Books and media off the shelf
15K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 13K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.2 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Millinocket last year.
2 places to borrow in Millinocket
Millinocket Memorial Library, 5 Maine Avenue, Millinocket.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Millinocket? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Millinocket
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Millinocket cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $343K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $277K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $343K 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 3,004 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Millinocket
Does Millinocket have a public library?
Yes. Millinocket Memorial Library, 5 Maine Avenue, serves Millinocket’s 4,102 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 39 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Millinocket Memorial Library 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 Millinocket’s library?
It logged 6.2 visits and lent 3.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Millinocket’s civic life grade?
B+ Millinocket is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns on civic life, #46 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 Millinocket.
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.