Photo: Travellers & Tinkers · CC BY-SA 4.0Enosburgh’s library runs 184 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Enosburgh Public serves Enosburgh’s 2,808 residents. Last year it lent 16K print books and media and logged 19K visits.
The short version on Enosburgh’s library
Five times the programs of a typical library its size
Enosburgh Public ran 516 programs last year, about 10 a week. That’s 184 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 4,472 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Enosburgh out-borrows every town next door
At 5.8 loans per resident, Enosburgh leads the six towns here. The closest is Enosburg Falls, at 5.8. Libraries next door ↓
A place to get online
Enosburgh Public logs about 40 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 7 public computers. That’s 5.2 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
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 Enosburgh’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Enosburgh is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns, #51 of 71 in Vermont. Library visits hold the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
13 community nonprofits are registered in Enosburgh
4.7 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
4.7%
4.7% of Enosburgh’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.5% in the typical Vermont 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 Enosburgh’s residents live; 2022.
About 4 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 Enosburgh last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Enosburgh Public serves 2,808 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
16K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 18K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.9 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Enosburgh Public, 241 Main St., Enosburgh Falls.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Enosburgh? 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 $1.82 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Enosburgh cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $179K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $325K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $179K 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 896 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Enosburgh borrows the most per resident of the 6 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enosburgh | Enosburgh Public fine-free | 5.8 | 56 | B |
| Enosburg Falls | Enosburgh Public fine-free | 5.8 | 56 | C |
| Fairfield | Bent Northrop Memorial fine-free | 4.7 | 33 | B |
| Richford | Arvin A. Brown Public fine-free | 1.8 | 28 | C− |
| Sheldon | Sheldon Municipal fine-free | 1.7 | 22 | D− |
| Bakersfield | H. F. Brigham Free Public fine-free | 1.2 | 27 | C |
| Montgomery | Montgomery Town | — | — | B+ |
| Berkshire | None of its own | — | — | 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 Enosburgh
Does Enosburgh have a public library?
Yes. Enosburgh Public, 241 Main St., serves Enosburgh’s 2,808 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 56 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Enosburgh Public 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 Enosburgh’s library?
It logged 6.7 visits and lent 5.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Enosburgh’s civic life grade?
B Enosburgh is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns on civic life, #51 of 71 in Vermont. 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 Enosburgh.
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.