Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Hooksett’s library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Hooksett Public Library serves Hooksett’s 15,084 residents. Last year it lent 191K books, movies and e-books and logged 75K visits.
Hooksett’s library, in brief
Hooksett out-borrows every town next door
At 13 loans per resident, Hooksett leads the nine towns here. The closest is Bow, at 8.8. Libraries next door ↓
Top 10% in New Hampshire for kids’ borrowing
Hooksett ranks #8 of 108 New Hampshire towns with a library of their own for children’s items borrowed per child. How it compares ↓
Hooksett is a town of borrowers
Hooksett Public Library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, more than 92% of similar-size libraries. Each item on the shelves went out about 3.5 times last year. What people borrow ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 47% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 89% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 29 items per child in Hooksett last year. 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 Hooksett’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Hooksett is ahead of 58% of U.S. towns, #65 of 126 in New Hampshire. Library visits hold 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 →
58 community nonprofits are registered in Hooksett
3.9 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (10 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.0%
7.0% of Hooksett’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 Hooksett’s residents live; 2022.
About 7 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 Hooksett last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Hooksett Public Library serves 15,084 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 117 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
191K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 46K books and other items on the shelves went out about 3.5 times last year, on average.
29,366 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Hooksett Public Library, 31 Mount Saint Mary's Way, Hooksett.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Hooksett? 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 $2.70 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hooksett cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.1M 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 7,566 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Hooksett borrows the most per resident of the 9 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooksett | Hooksett Public Library fine-free | 12.6 | 31 | B |
| Bow | Baker Free Library fine-free | 8.8 | 54 | B+ |
| Auburn | Griffin Free Public Library fine-free | 5.6 | 34 | C |
| Deerfield | Philbrick-James Library fine-free | 5.0 | 38 | C |
| Dunbarton | Dunbarton Public Library fine-free | 4.9 | 32 | C |
| Candia | Smyth Public Library | 4.9 | 40 | C+ |
| Manchester | Manchester City Library | 2.6 | 50 | C− |
| Allenstown | Allenstown Public Library fine-free | 1.5 | 22 | D |
| Suncook | Allenstown Public Library fine-free | 1.5 | 22 | — graded as part of its town |
| South Hooksett | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
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 Hooksett
Does Hooksett have a public library?
Yes. Hooksett Public Library, 31 Mount Saint Mary's Way, serves Hooksett’s 15,084 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 31 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hooksett 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 Hooksett’s library?
It logged 4.9 visits and lent 12.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Hooksett’s civic life grade?
B Hooksett is ahead of 58% of U.S. towns on civic life, #65 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 Hooksett.
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.