Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainRandolph’s library lends 16 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Lied Randolph Public Library serves Randolph’s 877 residents. Last year it lent 17K books, movies and e-books and logged 10K visits.
The short version on Randolph’s library
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 64% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 97% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 37 items per child in Randolph last year. Kids & programs ↓
Randolph uses its library more than almost any town its size
Lied Randolph Public Library logs 12 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 16 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 92% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Programs are almost all for children
87% of the 171 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.5 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Lied Randolph Public Library serves 877 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 35 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 ↓
Programs draw a crowd
3,458 people came to the library’s 171 programs last year: 3.9 per resident, against a typical 0.7, more than at 96% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
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 Randolph’s civic life grade
Randolph 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 →
About 3 kids’ programs 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 Randolph last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Lied Randolph Public Library serves 877 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
17K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 17K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.8 time last year, on average.
2,673 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Lied Randolph Public Library, 111 North Douglas, Randolph.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Randolph? 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 $2.78 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Randolph cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $97K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $269K 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 567 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 Randolph
Does Randolph have a public library?
Yes. Lied Randolph Public Library, 111 North Douglas, serves Randolph’s 877 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 35 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lied Randolph Public 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 Randolph’s library?
It logged 11.6 visits and lent 19.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Randolph’s civic life grade?
Randolph 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 Randolph.
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.