Photo: Tedder · CC BY 4.0Fillmore’s library logs 12 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
President Millard Fillmore Library serves Fillmore’s 2,671 residents. Last year it lent 41K books, movies and e-books and logged 33K visits.
Fillmore’s library, in brief
Fillmore ranks 2nd in Utah for library use
Out of 38 Utah towns with a library of their own, Fillmore comes 2nd for visits per resident. How it compares ↓
Fillmore uses its library more than almost any town its size
President Millard Fillmore Library logs 12 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 12 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 94% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 59% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 97% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 18 items per child in Fillmore last year. Kids & programs ↓
More library cards than residents
2,857 cards for 2,671 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, it’s 42%. How it compares ↓
Programs draw a crowd
7,375 people came to the library’s 113 programs last year: 2.8 per resident, against a typical 0.5, more than at 98% of similar-size libraries. 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.
What’s behind Fillmore’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Fillmore is ahead of 39% of U.S. towns, #26 of 106 in Utah. Library visits hold the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($50K–$83K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
7 community nonprofits are registered in Fillmore
2.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
4.2%
4.2% of Fillmore’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 6.2% in the typical Utah 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 Fillmore’s residents live; 2022.
About 2 kids’ programs 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 Fillmore last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
President Millard Fillmore Library serves 2,671 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 19 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
41K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 26K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.2 time last year, on average.
10,213 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
President Millard Fillmore Library, 25 South 100 West, Fillmore.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Fillmore? 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 $2.18 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Fillmore cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $311K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $678K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $311K 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 2,857 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 Fillmore
Does Fillmore have a public library?
Yes. President Millard Fillmore Library, 25 South 100 West, serves Fillmore’s 2,671 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 41 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is President Millard Fillmore Library 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 Fillmore’s library?
It logged 12.5 visits and lent 15.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Fillmore’s civic life grade?
C+ Fillmore is ahead of 39% of U.S. towns on civic life, #26 of 106 in Utah. 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 Fillmore.
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.