Underhill Flats’ library lends 8.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Deborah Rawson Memorial serves 5,692 people in and around Underhill Flats. Last year it lent 48K print books and media and logged 23K visits.
What Underhill Flats’s library is like
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
31% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 67%. What your card is worth ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 51% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 87% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
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; Deborah Rawson Memorial serves 5,692 people in and around Underhill Flats, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Underhill Flats’ civic life grade
Underhill Flats 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 5 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, 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 all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Deborah Rawson Memorial serves 5,692 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 22 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Deborah Rawson Memorial system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
48K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Deborah Rawson Memorial, 8 River Rd., Jericho.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Deborah Rawson Memorial branch.
New in Underhill Flats? 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 $2.08 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Underhill Flats cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $350K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $728K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $350K 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 2,737 cardholders ÷ 12.
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.
- System-wide. Deborah Rawson Memorial serves 5,692 people in and around Underhill Flats, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Underhill Flats.
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 Underhill Flats
Does Underhill Flats have a public library?
Yes. Deborah Rawson Memorial, 8 River Rd., serves 5,692 people in and around Underhill Flats (the survey’s count) and is open about 42 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Deborah Rawson 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 Underhill Flats’ library?
It logged 4.1 visits and lent 8.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Underhill Flats’ civic life grade?
Underhill Flats 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 Underhill Flats.
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.