Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Campton’s library logs 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Campton Public Library serves Campton’s 3,424 residents. Last year it lent 7,155 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,318 visits.
The short version on Campton’s library
Campton Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Campton Public Library records 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $13 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Every town next door borrows more
Campton’s library lends 2.1 items per resident. Each of the four neighboring towns with a library of its own lends more, led by Sandwich at 12. Libraries next door ↓
Most of Campton’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 58% of loans. Print still makes up 42%. What people borrow ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Campton Public Library offered 14 programs last year, 4.1 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. 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.
What’s behind Campton’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Campton is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns, #74 of 126 in New Hampshire. Campton’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; library visits pull 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 →
19 community nonprofits are registered in Campton
5.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
9.3%
9.3% of Campton’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 Campton’s residents live; 2022.
58% of borrowing is digital
7,155 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 15K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
4,160 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 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Campton Public Library serves 3,424 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
14 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
Campton Public Library, 1110 Nh Route 175, Campton.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Campton? 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 $2.58 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Campton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $45K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $117K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $45K 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 1,942 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Campton ranks 5th of 5 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwich | Samuel H. Wentworth Library fine-free | 11.8 | 32 | A− |
| Rumney | Byron G. Merrill Library fine-free | 9.1 | 15 | A− |
| Plymouth | Pease Public Library fine-free | 7.5 | 48 | A |
| Thornton | Thornton Public Library fine-free | 2.5 | 40 | C |
| Campton | Campton Public Library fine-free | 2.1 | 21 | B− |
| Ellsworth | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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 Campton
Does Campton have a public library?
Yes. Campton Public Library, 1110 Nh Route 175, serves Campton’s 3,424 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 21 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Campton 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 Campton’s library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 2.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Campton’s civic life grade?
B− Campton is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns on civic life, #74 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 Campton.
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.