Turin’s library logs 9.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
B. Elizabeth Strong Memorial Library serves Turin’s 197 residents. Last year it lent 1,951 print books and media and logged 1,837 visits.
What Turin’s library is like
More library cards than residents
221 cards for 197 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Open only about 10 hours a week
B. Elizabeth Strong Memorial Library keeps short hours: about 10 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Turin uses its library more than almost any town its size
B. Elizabeth Strong Memorial Library logs 9.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 9.9 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 86% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
B. Elizabeth Strong Memorial Library serves 197 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 ↓
Programs draw a crowd
1,177 people came to the library’s 31 programs last year: 6 per resident, against a typical 0.7, more than at 98% of similar-size libraries. 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 Turin’s civic life grade
Turin 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 →
31 programs a year
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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
B. Elizabeth Strong Memorial Library serves 197 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
1,951 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 7,427 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
B. Elizabeth Strong Memorial Library, 6312 East Main Street, Turin.
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 Turin? 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 $8.49 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Turin cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $35K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $296K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $35K 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 221 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turin | B. Elizabeth Strong Memorial Library fine-free | 9.9 | 10 | — under 1,000 residents |
| West Turin | Lyons Falls Library fine-free | 6.7 | 20 | A |
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.
- Digital loans not reported. New York libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Turin
Does Turin have a public library?
Yes. B. Elizabeth Strong Memorial Library, 6312 East Main Street, serves Turin’s 197 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 10 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is B. Elizabeth Strong 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 Turin’s library?
It logged 9.3 visits and lent 9.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Turin’s civic life grade?
Turin 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 Turin.
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.