Hancock’s library lends 6.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Hancock Community Library serves Hancock’s 1,306 residents. Last year it lent 10K books, movies and e-books and drew 307 people to its programs.
What Hancock’s library is like
Busy on a lean budget
Hancock Community Library spends $20 per resident, less than 91% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). It’s still borrowed from more than 73% of them. What your card is worth ↓
Open only about 16 hours a week
Hancock Community Library keeps short hours: about 16 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 78% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 89% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 28 items per child in Hancock last year. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Hancock Community Library serves 1,306 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 Hancock’s civic life grade
Hancock 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 →
26 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Hancock last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Hancock Community Library serves 1,306 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 13 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.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
10K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 10K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.9 time last year, on average.
1,726 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Hancock Community Library, 662 6th Street, Hancock.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Hancock? 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 $5.42 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hancock cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $26K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $143K 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 563 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock | Hancock Community Library fine-free | 7.9 | 16 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Hodges Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Moore Township | 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.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Hancock Community 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 Hancock
Does Hancock have a public library?
Yes. Hancock Community Library, 662 6th Street, serves Hancock’s 1,306 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 16 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hancock Community 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 Hancock’s library?
It lent 7.9 items per resident in 2024 (print and digital) and ran 26 programs that drew 307 people. Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Hancock’s civic life grade?
Hancock 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 Hancock.
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.