New Hebron’s library is a branch of Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library, which lends less per resident than 81% of systems its size
New Hebron’s library is the New Hebron Public Library, a branch of Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library, which serves 54,053 people and lent 86K items last year.
What New Hebron’s library is like
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, the Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library system sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on six. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library system offered 225 programs last year, 4.2 per 1,000 residents against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
78% of the 225 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.7 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 22 hours a week
The New Hebron branch keeps short hours: about 22 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
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; New Hebron’s library is a branch of Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library, so they cover the whole system (54,053 people), not just the New Hebron branch.
What’s behind New Hebron’s civic life grade
New Hebron 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library serves 54,053 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 12 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
86K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
9,209 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
New Hebron Public Library, 209 Jones Street, New Hebron.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library branch.
New in New Hebron? 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 $1.83 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average New Hebron cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $835K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $835K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 18,435 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. New Hebron Public Library is one branch of Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 54,053 people it serves.
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 Hebron
Does New Hebron have a public library?
Yes: New Hebron Public Library, 209 Jones Street, is a branch of Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library, which serves 54,053 people. The branch is open about 22 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is New Hebron’s library?
It logged 1.6 visits and lent 1.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is New Hebron’s civic life grade?
New Hebron 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 Hebron.
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.