Hartford/Elmendaro Township
Hartford/Elmendaro Township serves Elmendaro’s 879 residents. Last year it lent 4,469 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,000 visits.
What stands out about Hartford/Elmendaro Township
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.80 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Elmendaro cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $54K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $98K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $54K 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 298 cardholders ÷ 12.
Strongest at program attendance
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
library systems for visits per resident.
Hartford/Elmendaro Township serves 879 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
4,469 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 6,424 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.5 time last year, on average.
1,334 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
5 programs a year
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 Elmendaro last year.
Find it
Hartford/Elmendaro Township, 224 Commercial St., Hartford.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Elmendaro? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
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.
About these numbers
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Hours are an average. The survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
- Compared by size. “Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
- 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.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Elmendaro.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.