Photo: User:Dismas · Public domainHuntington’s library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Huntington Public serves Huntington’s 1,827 residents. Last year it lent 21K print books and media and logged 4,865 visits.
What Huntington’s library is like
People borrow more than they stay
Borrowing per resident is higher than at 90% of similar-size libraries, but visits are lower than at 63%. People come in, pick up their books and go. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Huntington Public serves 1,827 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 23 hours a week. 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 ↓
Federal money pays a real share
28% of the budget comes from federal grants, and 66% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
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 Huntington’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Huntington is ahead of 66% of U.S. towns. Huntington’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; library visits pull 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 →
12 community nonprofits are registered in Huntington
6.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: arts & culture.
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. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.4%
8.4% of Huntington’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 Huntington’s residents live; 2022.
Books and media off the shelf
21K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Huntington’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 20K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.1 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Huntington Public serves 1,827 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 18 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
106 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Huntington Public, 2156 Main Rd., Huntington.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Huntington? 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 $5.99 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Huntington cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $61K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $367K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $61K 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 879 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Huntington ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | Richmond Free Library fine-free | 11.8 | 42 | A+ |
| Huntington | Huntington Public fine-free | 11.6 | 23 | B+ |
| Starksboro | Starksboro Public fine-free | 1.6 | 20 | B− |
| Bolton | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Duxbury | None of its own | — | — | A |
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 Huntington
Does Huntington have a public library?
Yes. Huntington Public, 2156 Main Rd., serves Huntington’s 1,827 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 23 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Huntington 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 Huntington’s library?
It logged 2.7 visits and lent 11.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Huntington’s civic life grade?
B+ Huntington is ahead of 66% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Huntington.
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.