Huron School · Photo: LeeG7144 · CC BY-SA 3.0Huron’s library logs 13 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Huron Public Library serves 10,548 people in and around Huron. Last year it lent 169K books, movies and e-books and logged 133K visits.
What Huron’s library is like
One of the busiest library systems its size
Huron Public Library logs 13 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, and lends 12 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 93% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Huron Public Library ran 782 programs last year, about 15 a week. That’s 74 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 14,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 4.4 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.1, higher than at 95% of similar-size libraries. It’s 27% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Ohio pays a big share
35% of the budget comes from the state, and 52% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Open about 70 hours a week
The Huron branch is open about 70 hours a week, averaged over the year. The building ↓
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; Huron Public Library serves 10,548 people in and around Huron, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Huron’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Huron is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns, #100 of 914 in Ohio. Huron is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Huron’s count of community nonprofits ranks 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 →
50 community nonprofits are registered in Huron
7.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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 (13 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.9%
8.9% of Huron’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.5% in the typical Ohio 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 Huron’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 47 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Huron Public Library system. The library’s own count.
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.
Huron Public Library serves 10,548 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
169K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
46,379 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 6 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, 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
Huron Public Library, 333 Williams St., Huron.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Huron Public Library branch.
New in Huron? 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 $1.79 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Huron cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.6M 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 5,699 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huron | Huron Public Library fine-free | — | 70 | A |
| Huron Township | Huron Public Library fine-free | — | 70 | 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.
- System-wide. Huron Public Library serves 10,548 people in and around Huron, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Huron.
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 Huron
Does Huron have a public library?
Yes. Huron Public Library, 333 Williams St., serves 10,548 people in and around Huron (the survey’s count) and is open about 70 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Huron 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 Huron’s library?
It logged 12.6 visits and lent 16.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Huron’s civic life grade?
A Huron is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns on civic life, #100 of 914 in Ohio. 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 Huron.
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.