Presque Isle’s library logs 9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Presque Isle Community Library serves Presque Isle’s 807 residents. Last year it lent 11K books, movies and e-books and logged 7,290 visits.
The short version on Presque Isle’s library
A small-town library
Presque Isle Community Library serves 807 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 33 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 5.1 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 95% of similar-size libraries. It’s 38% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Programs lean toward adults
87% of the 153 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 6 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
Presque Isle invests in its library
Presque Isle Community Library spends $111 per resident a year, about twice the typical $54 for a library its size. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Presque Isle’s civic life grade
Presque Isle 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 →
Mostly books and media off the shelf
11K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 19K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
4,108 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Presque Isle Community Library serves 807 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
153 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Presque Isle Community Library, 8306 School Loop Rd., Presque Isle.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Presque Isle? 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 $2.17 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Presque Isle cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $90K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $194K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $90K 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 604 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Presque Isle ranks 2nd of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land O'Lakes | Land O' Lakes Public Library fine-free | 28.9 | 36 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Presque Isle | Presque Isle Community Library fine-free | 13.2 | 33 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Boulder Junction | Boulder Junction Public Library fine-free | 9.3 | 32 | — too few inputs |
| Winchester | Winchester Public Library fine-free | 3.8 | 21 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Marenisco Township | Marinesco Township Library fine-free | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Bessemer Township | 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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Presque Isle
Does Presque Isle have a public library?
Yes. Presque Isle Community Library, 8306 School Loop Rd., serves Presque Isle’s 807 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 33 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Presque Isle Community Library 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 Presque Isle’s library?
It logged 9.0 visits and lent 13.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Presque Isle’s civic life grade?
Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle.
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.