Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Ascutney’s library runs 135 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Weathersfield Proctor serves 2,843 people in and around Ascutney. Last year it lent 3,632 print books and media and logged 2,876 visits.
What Ascutney’s library is like
Weathersfield Proctor is used less than most libraries its size
Weathersfield Proctor records 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 1.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. How it compares ↓
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Weathersfield Proctor ran 385 programs last year, about 7 a week. That’s 135 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Weathersfield Proctor serves more than Ascutney
The library’s service area covers 2,843 people in and around Ascutney, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. 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.
What’s behind Ascutney’s civic life grade
Ascutney 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 →
385 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Weathersfield Proctor serves 2,843 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
3,632 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 9,122 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Weathersfield Proctor, 5181 Rte. 5, Ascutney.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Ascutney? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Ascutney cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $146K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $82K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $146K 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 1,119 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Ascutney ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont | Fiske Free Library | 3.3 | 44 | C+ |
| Ascutney | Weathersfield Proctor fine-free | 1.3 | 32 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Weathersfield | Weathersfield Proctor fine-free | 1.3 | 32 | C+ |
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.
- Digital loans not reported. Vermont libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Ascutney
Does Ascutney have a public library?
Yes. Weathersfield Proctor, 5181 Rte. 5, serves 2,843 people in and around Ascutney (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Weathersfield Proctor 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 Ascutney’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 1.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Ascutney’s civic life grade?
Ascutney 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 Ascutney.
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.