Lamoille County Courthouse · Photo: Redjar at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Hyde Park’s library runs 48 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Lanpher Memorial serves Hyde Park’s 3,016 residents. Last year it lent 15K print books and media and logged 9,876 visits.
What stands out about Hyde Park’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Hyde Park’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Hyde Park is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns, #33 of 71 in Vermont. Hyde Park’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 →
23 community nonprofits are registered in Hyde Park
7.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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.
9.5%
9.5% of Hyde Park’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 Hyde Park’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Lanpher Memorial serves 3,016 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
15K 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 0.8 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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 Hyde Park last year.
Find it
Lanpher Memorial, 141 Main St., Hyde Park.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Hyde Park? 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 $1.46 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hyde Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $170K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $248K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $170K 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 2,095 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Hyde Park ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craftsbury | Craftsbury Public fine-free | 15.6 | 35 | A+ |
| Hyde Park | Lanpher Memorial fine-free | 4.9 | 31 | A− |
| Johnson | Johnson Public fine-free | 2.9 | 32 | C+ |
| Morristown | Morristown Centennial fine-free | — | 40 | A+ |
| Wolcott | Glee Merritt Kelley Community | — | — | B− |
| Eden | 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 Hyde Park
Does Hyde Park have a public library?
Yes. Lanpher Memorial, 141 Main St., serves Hyde Park’s 3,016 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 31 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lanpher Memorial 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 Hyde Park’s library?
It logged 3.3 visits and lent 4.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Hyde Park’s civic life grade?
A− Hyde Park is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns on civic life, #33 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 Hyde Park.
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.