Parkman’s library logs 0.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Harvey Memorial Library serves Parkman’s 771 residents. Last year it lent 962 books, movies and e-books and logged 52 visits.
Parkman’s library, in brief
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
100% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 0%. What your card is worth ↓
Harvey Memorial Library is used less than most libraries its size
Harvey Memorial Library records 0.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $1 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Harvey Memorial Library offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Harvey Memorial Library serves 771 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 28 hours a week. 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 ↓
Nearly everyone in Parkman has a card
700 cards for 771 people, or 91%. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
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 Parkman’s civic life grade
Parkman 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 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Harvey Memorial Library serves 771 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Harvey Memorial Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
962 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 1,055 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.9 time last year, on average.
What kids borrow
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Parkman last year.
Find it
Harvey Memorial Library, 771 State Highway 150, Parkman.
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 $14.79 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Parkman cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $1,013.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $15K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1,013 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 700 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilford | Guilford Memorial Library fine-free | 8.3 | 40 | B |
| Parkman | Harvey Memorial Library fine-free | 1.2 | 28 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Sangerville | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Cambridge | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Wellington | 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Harvey Memorial Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Parkman
Does Parkman have a public library?
Yes. Harvey Memorial Library, 771 State Highway 150, serves Parkman’s 771 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 28 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Harvey Memorial Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Parkman’s library?
It logged 0.1 visits and lent 1.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Parkman’s civic life grade?
Parkman 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 Parkman.
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.