Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNorth Fairfield’s library is a branch of Huron County Community Library, which lends more per resident than 56% of systems its size
North Fairfield’s library is the North Fairfield Branch, a branch of Huron County Community Library, which serves 22,945 people and lent 129K items last year.
What North Fairfield’s library is like
Ohio pays a big share
55% of the budget comes from the state, and 36% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
The Huron County Community Library system ran 1,314 programs last year, about 25 a week. That’s 57 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. 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; North Fairfield’s library is a branch of Huron County Community Library, so they cover the whole system (22,945 people), not just the North Fairfield branch.
What’s behind North Fairfield’s civic life grade
North Fairfield 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 →
About 14 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Huron County Community Library serves 22,945 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 15 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Huron County Community Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
129K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
25,361 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
North Fairfield Branch, 5 E Main St., North Fairfield.
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 County Community Library branch.
New in North Fairfield? 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 $1.53 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average North Fairfield cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.4M 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 6,254 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. North Fairfield Branch is one branch of Huron County Community Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 22,945 people it serves.
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 North Fairfield
Does North Fairfield have a public library?
Yes: North Fairfield Branch, 5 E Main St., is a branch of Huron County Community Library, which serves 22,945 people. The branch is open about 30 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Huron County Community 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 North Fairfield’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 5.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is North Fairfield’s civic life grade?
North Fairfield 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 North Fairfield.
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.