Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Moultonborough’s library runs 163 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Moultonborough Public Library serves Moultonborough’s 4,988 residents. Last year it lent 69K books, movies and e-books and logged 37K visits.
What Moultonborough’s library is like
Five times the programs of a typical library its size
Moultonborough Public Library ran 811 programs last year, about 16 a week. That’s 163 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 8,175 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Moultonborough uses its library more than almost any town its size
Moultonborough Public Library logs 7.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 10 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 87% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3.8 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 94% of similar-size libraries. It’s 27% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Top 10% in New Hampshire for borrowing
Moultonborough ranks #8 of 120 New Hampshire towns with a library of their own for items borrowed per resident. Print borrowing alone runs 10 items per resident, more than at 91% of similar-size libraries nationwide. How it compares ↓
Moultonborough invests in its library
Moultonborough Public Library spends $153 per resident a year, about four times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (94%) 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 Moultonborough’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Moultonborough is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns, #14 of 126 in New Hampshire. All three inputs are above most U.S. towns; library visits rank highest.
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 →
25 community nonprofits are registered in Moultonborough
4.9 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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.
9.9%
9.9% of Moultonborough’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 Moultonborough’s residents live; 2022.
About 5 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 Moultonborough last year.
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.
Moultonborough Public Library serves 4,988 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 28 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
69K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 37K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.4 time last year, on average.
19,001 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Moultonborough Public Library, 4 Holland Street, Moultonborough.
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 Moultonborough? 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 $1.58 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Moultonborough cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $763K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $763K 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 3,894 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Moultonborough borrows the most per resident of the 6 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moultonborough | Moultonborough Public Library fine-free | 13.9 | 48 | A |
| Tuftonboro | Tuftonboro Free Library fine-free | 12.0 | 39 | A |
| Sandwich | Samuel H. Wentworth Library fine-free | 11.8 | 32 | A− |
| Tamworth | Cook Memorial Library fine-free | 11.4 | 38 | A+ |
| Center Harbor | James E. Nichols Memorial Library fine-free | 7.2 | 26 | A |
| Ossipee | Ossipee Public Library fine-free | 2.4 | 32 | C |
| Melvin Village | 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 Moultonborough
Does Moultonborough have a public library?
Yes. Moultonborough Public Library, 4 Holland Street, serves Moultonborough’s 4,988 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 48 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Moultonborough 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 Moultonborough’s library?
It logged 7.4 visits and lent 13.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Moultonborough’s civic life grade?
A Moultonborough is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns on civic life, #14 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 Moultonborough.
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.