Photo: Flickr user afiler · CC BY-SA 2.0Hebron’s library lends 22 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Hebron Public Library serves Hebron’s 794 residents. Last year it lent 17K books, movies and e-books and logged 1,151 visits.
Hebron’s library, in brief
More library cards than residents
2,299 cards for 794 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Programs are almost all for children
100% of the 52 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
People borrow more than they stay
Borrowing per resident is higher than at 98% of similar-size libraries, but visits are lower than at 85%. People come in, pick up their books and go. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Hebron Public Library serves 794 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 30 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 ↓
North Dakota pays a big share
36% of the budget comes from the state, and 50% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Hebron’s civic life grade
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 →
Mostly books and media off the shelf
17K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 17K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1 time last year, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Hebron Public Library serves 794 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 11 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 1 kids’ program a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Hebron last year.
Find it
Hebron Public Library, 811 Main Avenue, Hebron.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in 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 $9.14 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hebron cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $31K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $283K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $31K 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 2,299 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Hebron
Does Hebron have a public library?
Yes. Hebron Public Library, 811 Main Avenue, serves Hebron’s 794 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 30 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hebron Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Hebron’s library?
It logged 1.4 visits and lent 21.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Hebron’s civic life grade?
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 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.