Photo: The original uploader was Redjar at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Killington Village’s library logs 29 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Sherburne Memorial serves 835 people in and around Killington Village. Last year it lent 18K print books and media and logged 25K visits.
What Killington Village’s library is like
More library cards than residents
1,400 cards for 835 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Killington Village uses its library more than almost any town its size
Sherburne Memorial logs 29 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 21 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 98% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Six times the programs of a typical library its size
Sherburne Memorial ran 287 programs last year, about 6 a week. That’s 344 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 5,825 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Killington Village invests in its library
Sherburne Memorial spends $337 per resident a year, about six times the typical $54 for a library its size. Almost all of it (98%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Sherburne Memorial serves more than Killington Village
The library’s service area covers 835 people in and around Killington Village, 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Killington Village’s civic life grade
Killington Village 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 →
About 3 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Sherburne Memorial serves 835 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
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
18K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 20K 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
Sherburne Memorial, 2998 River Rd., Killington.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Killington Village? 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 $1.29 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Killington Village cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $282K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $363K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $282K 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 1,400 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits count everyone. Killington Village’s 24,532 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
- 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 Killington Village
Does Killington Village have a public library?
Yes. Sherburne Memorial, 2998 River Rd., serves 835 people in and around Killington Village (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Sherburne 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 Killington Village’s library?
It logged 29.4 visits and lent 21.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Killington Village’s civic life grade?
Killington Village 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 Killington Village.
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.