Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Winhall’s library runs 19 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Winhall Memorial serves 971 people in and around Winhall. Last year it lent 2,221 print books and media and logged 1,986 visits.
The short version on Winhall’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, Winhall Memorial sits below the middle on all five per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on five. How it compares ↓
Open only about 17 hours a week
The Winhall branch keeps short hours: about 17 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
30% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 67%. 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; Winhall Memorial serves 971 people in and around Winhall, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Winhall’s civic life grade
Winhall isn’t graded on civic life: its library is a branch of Winhall Memorial, so there is no town figure for visits and the volunteering estimate doesn’t cover enough of it.
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 →
11 community nonprofits are registered in Winhall
14.9 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 (0 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Winhall Memorial serves 971 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Winhall Memorial system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
2,221 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 Winhall’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
18 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Winhall Memorial, 2 Lower Taylor Hill Rd., Bondville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Winhall Memorial branch.
New in Winhall? 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 $1.09 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Winhall cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $36K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $39K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $36K 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 318 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | Manchester Community Library fine-free | 7.8 | 46 | A+ |
| Dorset | Dorset Village Public | 6.3 | 35 | A− |
| Jamaica | Jamaica Free Public fine-free | 1.8 | 18 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Winhall | Winhall Memorial fine-free | — | 17 | — too few inputs |
| Londonderry | South Londonderry Free Library fine-free | — | 25 | — too few inputs |
| Stratton | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Sunderland | None of its own | — | — | A+ |
| Peru | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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.
- System-wide. Winhall Memorial serves 971 people in and around Winhall, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Winhall.
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 Winhall
Does Winhall have a public library?
Yes. Winhall Memorial, 2 Lower Taylor Hill Rd., serves 971 people in and around Winhall (the survey’s count) and is open about 17 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Winhall 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 Winhall’s library?
It logged 2.0 visits and lent 2.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Winhall’s civic life grade?
Winhall isn’t graded on civic life: its library is a branch of Winhall Memorial, so there is no town figure for visits and the volunteering estimate doesn’t cover enough of it. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Winhall.
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.