New Vineyard’s library lends 1.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
New Vineyard Public Library serves New Vineyard’s 755 residents. Last year it lent 1,051 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,699 visits.
What New Vineyard’s library is like
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
79% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 21%. What your card is worth ↓
Open only about 16 hours a week
New Vineyard Public Library keeps short hours: about 16 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. Farmington Public Library in Farmington, next door, is open about 36 hours a week. The building ↓
A small-town library
New Vineyard Public Library serves 755 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 New Vineyard’s civic life grade
New Vineyard 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 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
New Vineyard Public Library serves 755 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,051 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 6,288 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
83 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
49 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 New Vineyard last year.
Find it
New Vineyard Public Library, 20 Lake Street, New Vineyard.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in New Vineyard? 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 $1.10 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average New Vineyard cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $20K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $22K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $20K 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 449 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
New Vineyard ranks 4th of 5 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington | Farmington Public Library fine-free | 5.0 | 36 | A− |
| Strong | Strong Public Library | 2.0 | 14 | C− |
| New Portland | New Portland Community Library fine-free | 1.6 | 13 | — under 1,000 residents |
| New Vineyard | New Vineyard Public Library fine-free | 1.4 | 16 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Anson | Stewart Public Library fine-free | 0.2 | 12 | C+ |
| Industry | 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 New Vineyard
Does New Vineyard have a public library?
Yes. New Vineyard Public Library, 20 Lake Street, serves New Vineyard’s 755 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 16 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is New Vineyard Public 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 New Vineyard’s library?
It logged 2.3 visits and lent 1.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is New Vineyard’s civic life grade?
New Vineyard 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 New Vineyard.
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.