Rimersburg’s library lends 1.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Eccles Lesher Memorial Library serves 5,056 people in and around Rimersburg. Last year it lent 8,078 books, movies and e-books and logged 11K visits.
What Rimersburg’s library is like
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
74% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 5%. What your card is worth ↓
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Eccles Lesher Memorial Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on four. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 8% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. 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; Eccles Lesher Memorial Library serves 5,056 people in and around Rimersburg, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Rimersburg’s civic life grade
Rimersburg 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Eccles Lesher Memorial Library serves 5,056 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Eccles Lesher Memorial Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
8,078 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
865 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
114 programs a year
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
Eccles Lesher Memorial Library, 673 Main St., Rimersburg.
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 Eccles Lesher Memorial Library branch.
New in Rimersburg? 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 $1.09 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Rimersburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $162K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $176K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $162K 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 387 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rimersburg | Eccles Lesher Memorial Library fine-free | — | 40 | — graded with its twin city |
| Madison Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Toby Township | None of its own | — | — | — graded with its twin city |
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. Eccles Lesher Memorial Library serves 5,056 people in and around Rimersburg, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Rimersburg.
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 Rimersburg
Does Rimersburg have a public library?
Yes. Eccles Lesher Memorial Library, 673 Main St., serves 5,056 people in and around Rimersburg (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Eccles Lesher 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 Rimersburg’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 1.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Rimersburg’s civic life grade?
Rimersburg 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 Rimersburg.
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.