Photo: SayCheeeeeese · Public domainTilton Northfield’s library runs 49 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Hall Memorial Library serves 8,957 people in and around Tilton Northfield. Last year it lent 35K books, movies and e-books and logged 22K visits.
The short version on Tilton Northfield’s library
The library is a National Register landmark
Hall Memorial Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. Today’s library there has 7,200 square feet. The building ↓
Programs lean toward adults
50% of the 439 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 76 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
Hall Memorial Library serves more than Tilton Northfield
The library’s service area covers 8,957 people in and around Tilton Northfield, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
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 Tilton Northfield’s civic life grade
Tilton Northfield 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 →
A National Register landmark since 1978
Hall Memorial Library, 18 Park Street, Northfield.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Tilton Northfield? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Hall Memorial Library
Hall Memorial Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 4, 1978. It is significant for its architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Romanesque.
The Hall Memorial Library is the public library of Tilton and Northfield, New Hampshire. It is located at 18 Park Street in Northfield, in an 1887 Richardsonian Romanesque building. The building, one of the most architecturally distinguished in the region, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
More about the building →Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Hall Memorial Library serves 8,957 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 14 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
35K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 26K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1 time last year, on average.
9,079 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.66 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Tilton Northfield cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $328K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $544K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $328K 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 5,030 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Tilton Northfield borrows the most per resident of the 3 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilton Northfield | Hall Memorial Library fine-free | 3.9 | 47 | — graded as part of its town |
| Northfield | Hall Memorial Library fine-free | 3.9 | 47 | A− |
| Franklin | Franklin Public Library fine-free | 2.3 | 61 | B |
| Tilton | None of its own | — | — | C |
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 Tilton Northfield
Does Tilton Northfield have a public library?
Yes. Hall Memorial Library, 18 Park Street, serves 8,957 people in and around Tilton Northfield (the survey’s count) and is open about 47 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hall Memorial 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 Tilton Northfield’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 3.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Tilton Northfield’s civic life grade?
Tilton Northfield 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 Tilton Northfield.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.