Stuart’s library logs 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Stuart Township Library serves Stuart’s 502 residents. Last year it lent 2,067 books, movies and e-books and logged 520 visits.
The short version on Stuart’s library
Few programs for a library this size
Stuart Township Library offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 13 hours a week
Stuart Township Library keeps short hours: about 13 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
More library cards than residents
505 cards for 502 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 ↓
A small-town library
Stuart Township Library serves 502 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 ↓
Fewer visits than most libraries its size
Stuart Township Library records 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, below 91% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing holds up better, at 4.1 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
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 Stuart’s civic life grade
Stuart 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Stuart Township Library serves 502 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
2,067 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 3,500 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.6 time last year, on average.
What kids borrow
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Stuart last year.
Find it
Stuart Township Library, 209 Main Street, Stuart.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Stuart? 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 $2.62 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Stuart cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $13K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $35K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $13K 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 505 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 Stuart
Does Stuart have a public library?
Yes. Stuart Township Library, 209 Main Street, serves Stuart’s 502 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 13 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Stuart Township Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Stuart’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 4.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Stuart’s civic life grade?
Stuart 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 Stuart.
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.