Trimble’s library logs 8.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Hamilton Parks Public Library serves Trimble’s 537 residents. Last year it lent 4,245 books, movies and e-books and logged 4,755 visits.
What Trimble’s library is like
Most of Trimble’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 55% of loans, more per resident than at 94% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 45%. What people borrow ↓
A small-town library
Hamilton Parks Public Library serves 537 residents with about one full-time staff. 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 ↓
Open only about 21 hours a week
Hamilton Parks Public Library keeps short hours: about 21 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Most programs are for young children
69% of the 97 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 8 for ages 0–5. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Trimble’s civic life grade
Trimble 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 →
55% of borrowing is digital
4,245 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 6,437 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
2,354 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 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Hamilton Parks Public Library serves 537 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.
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.
Find it
Hamilton Parks Public Library, 74 Parks Plaza, Trimble.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Trimble? 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 $2.50 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Trimble cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $30K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $74K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $30K 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 154 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Trimble
Does Trimble have a public library?
Yes. Hamilton Parks Public Library, 74 Parks Plaza, serves Trimble’s 537 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 21 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hamilton Parks 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 Trimble’s library?
It logged 8.9 visits and lent 7.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Trimble’s civic life grade?
Trimble 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 Trimble.
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.