Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Hopkinton’s library logs 3.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Langworthy Public Library serves Hopkinton’s 4,620 residents. Last year it lent 29K books, movies and e-books and logged 16K visits.
What stands out about Hopkinton’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Hopkinton’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Hopkinton is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns, #14 of 38 in Rhode Island. Hopkinton is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Hopkinton’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 →
34 community nonprofits are registered in Hopkinton
4.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.7%
7.7% of Hopkinton’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 6.4% in the typical Rhode Island 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 Hopkinton’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Langworthy Public Library serves 4,620 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 17 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
29K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 21K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.9 time last year, on average.
9,745 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program a week
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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Hopkinton last year.
2 places to borrow in Hopkinton
Langworthy Public Library, 24 Spring Street, Hopkinton.
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 Hopkinton? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Hopkinton
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $3.47 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hopkinton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $129K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $450K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $129K 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 1,410 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Hopkinton ranks 6th of 8 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlestown | Cross' Mills Public Library fine-free | 11.7 | 42 | A− |
| Westerly | Westerly Public Library | 10.3 | 57 | B+ |
| Exeter | Exeter Public Library fine-free | 9.2 | 43 | B |
| North Stonington | Wheeler Library fine-free | 8.4 | 35 | B+ |
| Ashaway | Ashaway Free Library fine-free | 6.5 | 35 | — graded as part of its town |
| Hopkinton | Langworthy Public Library fine-free | 6.2 | 33 | B |
| Hope Valley | Langworthy Public Library fine-free | 6.2 | 33 | — graded as part of its town |
| Richmond | Clark Memorial Library | 4.6 | 37 | B− |
| Bradford | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Wyoming | 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 Hopkinton
Does Hopkinton have a public library?
Yes. Langworthy Public Library, 24 Spring Street, serves Hopkinton’s 4,620 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 33 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Langworthy 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 Hopkinton’s library?
It logged 3.5 visits and lent 6.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Hopkinton’s civic life grade?
B Hopkinton is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns on civic life, #14 of 38 in Rhode Island. 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 Hopkinton.
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.