Photo: The original uploader was Jp498 at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 2.5North Haven’s library lends 4.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
North Haven Public Library serves North Haven’s 425 residents. Last year it lent 2,070 books, movies and e-books.
What North Haven’s library is like
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
85% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 15%. What your card is worth ↓
Open only about 10 hours a week
North Haven Public Library keeps short hours: about 10 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. Camden Public Library in Camden, next door, is open about 56 hours a week. The building ↓
Few programs for a library this size
North Haven Public Library offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60.
A small-town library
North Haven Public Library serves 425 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 ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
North Haven Public Library holds 20,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once last year. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind North Haven’s civic life grade
North Haven 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 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
North Haven Public Library serves 425 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.
Not reported for 2024: visits. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
2,070 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for North Haven’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 20K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
Find it
North Haven Public Library, 33 Main Street, North Haven.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in North Haven? 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 $1.33 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average North Haven cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $26K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $35K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $26K 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 190 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
North Haven ranks 7th of 8 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden | Camden Public Library fine-free | 20.5 | 56 | A+ |
| Rockport | Rockport Public Library fine-free | 10.8 | 51 | A+ |
| Rockland | Rockland Public Library fine-free | 9.8 | 50 | A+ |
| Stonington | Stonington Public Library fine-free | 7.5 | 22 | A+ |
| Islesboro | Alice L. Pendleton Library fine-free | 6.8 | 30 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Vinalhaven | Vinalhaven Public Library fine-free | 5.0 | 29 | B+ |
| North Haven | North Haven Public Library fine-free | 4.9 | 10 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Deer Isle | Chase Emerson Memorial Library fine-free | 3.0 | 17 | B |
| Owls Head | None of its own | — | — | A+ |
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.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. North Haven Public Library didn’t report visits; the survey’s estimate is its own, so we leave it out and never rank it.
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 North Haven
Does North Haven have a public library?
Yes. North Haven Public Library, 33 Main Street, serves North Haven’s 425 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 10 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is North Haven Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is North Haven’s library?
It lent 4.9 items per resident in 2024 (print and digital). Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is North Haven’s civic life grade?
North Haven 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 North Haven.
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.