Photo: Novis-M · Public domainBolton Landing’s library logs 8.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Bolton Free Library serves 2,012 people in and around Bolton Landing. Last year it lent 13K books, movies and e-books and logged 18K visits.
The short version on Bolton Landing’s library
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
49% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 50%. What your card is worth ↓
Bolton Free Library serves more than Bolton Landing
The library’s service area covers 2,012 people in and around Bolton Landing, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
74% of the 250 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 65 were for children. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Bolton Landing’s civic life grade
Bolton Landing 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 →
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Bolton Free Library serves 2,012 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
13K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 14K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.6 time last year, on average.
4,349 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.
Find it
Bolton Free Library, 4922 Lakeshore Drive, Bolton Landing.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Bolton Landing? 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 $1.85 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Bolton Landing cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $117K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $218K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $117K 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 1,633 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Bolton Landing
Does Bolton Landing have a public library?
Yes. Bolton Free Library, 4922 Lakeshore Drive, serves 2,012 people in and around Bolton Landing (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Bolton Free 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 Bolton Landing’s library?
It logged 8.9 visits and lent 6.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Bolton Landing’s civic life grade?
Bolton Landing 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 Bolton Landing.
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.