Stetsonville’s library lends 21 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library serves Stetsonville’s 832 residents. Last year it lent 18K books, movies and e-books and logged 5,104 visits.
What Stetsonville’s library is like
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 74% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 96 items per child in Stetsonville last year. Kids & programs ↓
Stetsonville is a town of borrowers
Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library lends 21 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, more than 98% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Programs are almost all for children
83% of the 94 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 9 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library serves 832 residents with about 2 full-time staff, open about 29 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 ↓
Stetsonville invests in its library
Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library spends $117 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 Stetsonville’s civic life grade
Stetsonville 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 2 kids’ programs 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 Stetsonville last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library serves 832 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 12 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
18K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 8,957 books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.9 times last year, on average.
714 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library, 105 N. Gershwin St., Stetsonville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Stetsonville? 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 $2.67 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Stetsonville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $98K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $260K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $98K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 528 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stetsonville | Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library | 21.7 | 29 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Deer Creek | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Little Black | None of its own | — | — | A− |
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 Stetsonville
Does Stetsonville have a public library?
Yes. Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library, 105 N. Gershwin St., serves Stetsonville’s 832 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 29 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Jean M. Thomsen Memorial Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Stetsonville’s library?
It logged 6.1 visits and lent 21.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Stetsonville’s civic life grade?
Stetsonville 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 Stetsonville.
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.