Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Tidioute’s library lends 8.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Tidioute Library Association, Inc. serves 626 people in and around Tidioute. Last year it lent 5,446 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,890 visits.
The short version on Tidioute’s library
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
43% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 43%. What your card is worth ↓
A small-town library
Tidioute Library Association, Inc. serves 626 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 25 hours a week. 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 lean toward adults
86% of the 65 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 5 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 7% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 62% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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 Tidioute’s civic life grade
Tidioute 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 →
Mostly books and media off the shelf
5,446 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 20K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
371 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Tidioute Library Association, Inc. serves 626 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.
65 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Tidioute Library Association, Inc., 197 Main Street, Tidioute.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Tidioute? 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 $2.01 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Tidioute cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $48K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $96K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $48K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 209 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tidioute | Tidioute Library Association, Inc. | 8.7 | 25 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Limestone Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Triumph Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Deerfield Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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.
- 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 Tidioute
Does Tidioute have a public library?
Yes. Tidioute Library Association, Inc., 197 Main Street, serves 626 people in and around Tidioute (the survey’s count) and is open about 25 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Tidioute Library Association, Inc. fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Tidioute’s library?
It logged 4.6 visits and lent 8.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Tidioute’s civic life grade?
Tidioute 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 Tidioute.
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.