Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Randolph’s library runs 56 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Hutchinson Memorial Library serves Randolph’s 2,913 residents. Last year it lent 18K books, movies and e-books and logged 7,707 visits.
The short version on Randolph’s library
The library is a National Register landmark
Hutchinson Memorial Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1990. Today’s library there has 10,068 square feet. The building ↓
A place to get online
Hutchinson Memorial Library logs about 148 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 4 public computers. That’s 19 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Hutchinson Memorial Library holds 31,000 books and other items, but the average item went out about once every two years last year. What people borrow ↓
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.
What’s behind Randolph’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Randolph is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. Randolph is graded on two of the three inputs. Randolph’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
16 community nonprofits are registered in Randolph
9.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (9 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
6.1%
6.1% of Randolph’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.6% in the typical Wisconsin town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Randolph’s residents live; 2022.
A National Register landmark since 1990
Hutchinson Memorial Library, 228 N. High St., Randolph.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Randolph? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Hutchinson Memorial Library
Hutchinson Memorial Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Nov 15, 1990. It is significant for its education and architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Moderne. It was listed as part of Public Library Facilities of Wisconsin MPS.
The Hutchinson Memorial Library is a public library at 228 N. High Street in Randolph, Wisconsin, USA.
More about the building →Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Hutchinson Memorial Library serves 2,913 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
18K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 31K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.5 time last year, on average.
3,018 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Randolph last year.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.35 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Randolph cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $195K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $459K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $195K 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 1,119 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.
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 Randolph
Does Randolph have a public library?
Yes. Hutchinson Memorial Library, 228 N. High St., serves Randolph’s 2,913 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 48 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hutchinson Memorial 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 Randolph’s library?
It logged 2.6 visits and lent 6.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Randolph’s civic life grade?
B+ Randolph is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns on civic life. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Randolph.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.