Doncaster Round Barn · Photo: Montanabw · CC BY-SA 4.0Twin Bridges’ library logs 8.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Twin Bridges Public Library serves 718 people in and around Twin Bridges. Last year it lent 5,776 books, movies and e-books and logged 6,060 visits.
The short version on Twin Bridges’s library
Most programs are for young children
75% of the 51 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 33 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 2.9 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 85% of similar-size libraries. It’s 35% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
A well-funded system
Twin Bridges Public Library spends $135 per resident a year, about twice the typical $54 for a library its size. Almost all of it (97%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
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; Twin Bridges Public Library serves 718 people in and around Twin Bridges, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Twin Bridges’ civic life grade
Twin Bridges 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 →
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Twin Bridges Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Twin Bridges Public Library serves 718 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
5,776 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,049 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
51 programs a year
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
Twin Bridges Public Library, 206 S Main, Twin Bridges.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every Twin Bridges Public Library branch.
New in Twin Bridges? 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 $1.06 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Twin Bridges cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $97K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $102K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $97K 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 540 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Twin Bridges Public Library serves 718 people in and around Twin Bridges, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Twin Bridges.
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 Twin Bridges
Does Twin Bridges have a public library?
Yes. Twin Bridges Public Library, 206 S Main, serves 718 people in and around Twin Bridges (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Twin Bridges Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Twin Bridges’ library?
It logged 8.4 visits and lent 8.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Twin Bridges’ civic life grade?
Twin Bridges 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 Twin Bridges.
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.