Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Carroll’s library logs 1.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Twin Mountain Public Library serves Carroll’s 839 residents. Last year it lent 2,536 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,508 visits.
The short version on Carroll’s library
Few programs for a library this size
Twin Mountain Public Library offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60.
Every town next door borrows more
Carroll’s library lends 3 items per resident. Each of the three neighboring towns with a library of its own lends more, led by Bethlehem at 9. Libraries next door ↓
Most of Carroll’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 60% of loans, more per resident than at 70% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 40%. What people borrow ↓
Open only about 16 hours a week
Twin Mountain Public Library keeps short hours: about 16 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. Whitefield Public Library in Whitefield, next door, is open about 38 hours a week. The building ↓
A small-town library
Twin Mountain Public Library serves 839 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 ↓
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 Carroll’s civic life grade
Carroll 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 →
60% of borrowing is digital
2,536 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Carroll’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 11K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
1,522 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 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Twin Mountain Public Library serves 839 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.
Find it
Twin Mountain Public Library, 92 School Street, Twin Mountain.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Carroll? 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 $2.15 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Carroll cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $19K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $40K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $19K 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 718 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Carroll ranks 4th of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem | Bethlehem Public Library fine-free | 9.0 | 34 | A |
| Whitefield | Whitefield Public Library fine-free | 5.7 | 38 | B+ |
| Jefferson | Marc A. Hurzeler, M.D. Library fine-free | 4.0 | 22 | B− |
| Carroll | Twin Mountain Public Library fine-free | 3.0 | 16 | — 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 Carroll
Does Carroll have a public library?
Yes. Twin Mountain Public Library, 92 School Street, serves Carroll’s 839 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 16 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Twin Mountain 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 Carroll’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 3.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Carroll’s civic life grade?
Carroll 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 Carroll.
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.