Young-Almas House · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Havre’s library lends 1.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Havre-Hill County Library serves 16,309 people in and around Havre. Last year it lent 23K print books and media and logged 30K visits.
What stands out about Havre-Hill County Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Havre’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Havre is ahead of 95% of U.S. towns, #6 of 28 in Montana. Havre is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Havre’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
98 community nonprofits are registered in Havre
10.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (13 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.8%
9.8% of Havre’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.0% in the typical Montana town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Havre’s residents live; 2022.
A National Register landmark since 1986
Havre-Hill County Library, 402 3rd Street, Havre.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Havre-Hill County Library branch.
New in Havre? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Carnegie Public Library
Carnegie Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jul 24, 1986. It is significant for its architecture and social history at the local level. Its architecture is described as Classical Revival.
The Carnegie Public Library in Havre, Montana is a historic Carnegie library built in 1914 which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is in the Classical revival style. It was also known as the Havre Public Library and later as the Old Carnegie Library. In 2017 it is a former library building and is occupied by the Old Library Gallery.
More about the building →Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Havre-Hill County Library serves 16,309 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Havre-Hill County Library system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
23K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.09 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Havre cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $356K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $389K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $356K 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 7,682 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havre | Havre-Hill County Library fine-free | — | 54 | A+ |
| Havre North | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Saddle Butte | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| West Havre | 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.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Havre-Hill County Library serves 16,309 people in and around Havre, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Havre.
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 Havre
Does Havre have a public library?
Yes. Havre-Hill County Library, 402 3rd Street, serves 16,309 people in and around Havre (the survey’s count) and is open about 54 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Havre-Hill County 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 Havre’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 1.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Havre’s civic life grade?
A+ Havre is ahead of 95% of U.S. towns on civic life, #6 of 28 in Montana. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Havre.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.