Nutter Fort’s library lends 1.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Nutter Fort Public Library serves 1,493 people in and around Nutter Fort. Last year it lent 3,912 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,715 visits.
The short version on Nutter Fort’s library
More library cards than residents
1,576 cards for 1,493 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
41% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 41% of loans. Print still makes up 59%. 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; Nutter Fort Public Library serves 1,493 people in and around Nutter Fort, 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 Nutter Fort’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Nutter Fort is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns. Nutter Fort is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Nutter Fort’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($51K–$85K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for 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 →
Nutter Fort has few registered community nonprofits
0.2 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.
10.0%
10.0% of Nutter Fort’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.9% in the typical West Virginia 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 Nutter Fort’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Nutter Fort Public Library serves 1,493 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Nutter Fort Public Library system. The library’s own count.
41% of borrowing is digital
3,912 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Nutter Fort’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
1,593 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
35 programs a year
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.
Find it
Nutter Fort Public Library, 1300 Buckhannon Pike, Nutter Fort.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Nutter Fort Public Library branch.
New in Nutter Fort? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Nutter Fort cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $73K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $67K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $73K 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 1,576 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutter Fort | Nutter Fort Public Library | — | 37 | C |
| Clarksburg | Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library fine-free | — | 49 | A |
| Stonewood | 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.
- System-wide. Nutter Fort Public Library serves 1,493 people in and around Nutter Fort, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Nutter Fort.
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 Nutter Fort
Does Nutter Fort have a public library?
Yes. Nutter Fort Public Library, 1300 Buckhannon Pike, serves 1,493 people in and around Nutter Fort (the survey’s count) and is open about 37 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Nutter Fort Public 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 Nutter Fort’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 2.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Nutter Fort’s civic life grade?
C Nutter Fort is ahead of 33% 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 Nutter Fort.
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.