Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Antrim’s library lends 9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
James A. Tuttle Library serves 2,695 people in and around Antrim. Last year it lent 30K books, movies and e-books and logged 13K visits.
The short version on Antrim’s library
Antrim is a town of borrowers
James A. Tuttle Library lends 9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 88% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Antrim invests in its library
James A. Tuttle Library spends $86 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (90%) 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.
What’s behind Antrim’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Antrim is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns, #49 of 126 in New Hampshire. Antrim is graded on two of the three inputs. Antrim’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
15 community nonprofits are registered in Antrim
5.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.3%
7.3% of Antrim’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.9% in the typical New Hampshire town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Antrim’s residents live; 2022.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
30K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 27K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.9 time last year, on average.
5,338 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
James A. Tuttle Library serves 2,695 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 18 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.
Find it
James A. Tuttle Library, 45 Main Street, Antrim.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Antrim? 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 $2.11 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Antrim cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $231K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $486K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $231K 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 1,725 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Antrim ranks 2nd of 5 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennington | G.E.P. Dodge Library fine-free | 11.3 | 33 | B− |
| Antrim | James A. Tuttle Library fine-free | 11.0 | 32 | B+ |
| Hancock | Hancock Town Library fine-free | 7.6 | 32 | A |
| Hillsborough | Fuller Public Library fine-free | 5.4 | 25 | B+ |
| Stoddard | Davis Public Library fine-free | 3.4 | 27 | A− |
| Deering | Deering Public Library | — | — | A− |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
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 Antrim
Does Antrim have a public library?
Yes. James A. Tuttle Library, 45 Main Street, serves 2,695 people in and around Antrim (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is James A. Tuttle 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 Antrim’s library?
It logged 4.9 visits and lent 11.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Antrim’s civic life grade?
B+ Antrim is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns on civic life, #49 of 126 in New Hampshire. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Antrim.
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.