#1Woodstock
Windsor County · 2,970 peopleVisits per resident a year·Norman Williams Public, FY 2024
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Towns with the most-used libraries in Vermont
Woodstock has the most-used library of Vermont’s 43 towns of 2,500+ with a library of their own: 18.6 visits per resident a year at Norman Williams Public (IMLS Public Libraries Survey). The typical library here counts 3.4.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey: a year’s visits divided by the people the library serves. Only a library that serves one town (80–125% of its population) and reported its own count is ranked; IMLS estimates never are. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#118.6visits
#2Shelburne
Chittenden County · 8,133 peopleVisits per resident a year·Pierson, FY 2024
#3Middlebury
Addison County · 9,208 peopleVisits per resident a year·Ilsley Public, FY 2024
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Which Vermont town has the most-used library?
Woodstock (Windsor County): Norman Williams Public counts 18.6 visits per resident a year. Shelburne (15.0) and Middlebury (13.1) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By library visits per resident in the IMLS Public Libraries Survey: the visits a town’s own library reported, divided by the population it serves, highest first. It is the same rank as on each town’s Library & civic life page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ with a library of their own that reported its visits (43 in Vermont). Towns served by a county or regional system share its figure and aren’t ranked one by one; figures IMLS estimated for a library that didn’t report aren’t ranked; in states with strong townships the township, not a village inside it, is ranked. Every town is on the Vermont page.
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