Eustis’ library runs 7.5 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Eustis Public Library serves Eustis’s 398 residents. Last year it lent 941 books, movies and e-books and logged 650 visits.
What Eustis’s library is like
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, Eustis Public Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on six. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Eustis Public Library serves 398 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 ↓
Runs on less money than most
Eustis Public Library spends $19 per resident, less than 92% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). 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 Eustis’ civic life grade
Eustis 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 under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Eustis Public Library serves 398 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
941 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 5,691 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
3 programs a year
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.
Find it
Eustis Public Library, 108 North Morton Street, Eustis.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Eustis? 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 $2.13 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Eustis cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $7,600.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $16K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $7,600 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 111 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Eustis Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Eustis
Does Eustis have a public library?
Yes. Eustis Public Library, 108 North Morton Street, serves Eustis’ 398 residents (the survey’s count).
Is Eustis Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Eustis’ library?
It logged 1.6 visits and lent 2.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Eustis’ civic life grade?
Eustis 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 Eustis.
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.