Millis Public Library
Millis Public Library serves 8,836 people in and around Millis-Clicquot. Last year it lent 131K books, movies and e-books and logged 69K visits.
The short version on Millis-Clicquot’s library
Millis-Clicquot uses its library more than almost any town its size
Millis Public Library logs 7.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 15 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 89% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 54% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 98% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Millis-Clicquot out-borrows every town next door
At 14.8 loans per resident, Millis-Clicquot leads the four towns here. The closest is Millis, at 14.8. Libraries next door ↓
Millis Public Library serves more than Millis-Clicquot
The library’s service area covers 8,836 people in and around Millis-Clicquot, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
A place to get online
Millis Public Library logs about 105 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 25 public computers. That’s 4.3 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
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.
About 5 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.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
131K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 51K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.5 times last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Every hour the doors are open, about 48 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $3.32 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Millis-Clicquot cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $628K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $628K 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 4,452 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 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.
Millis Public Library serves 8,836 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Find it
Millis Public Library, 961 Main Street, Millis.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Millis-Clicquot? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Libraries next door
Millis-Clicquot borrows the most per resident of the 4 towns here. 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 Millis-Clicquot.
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.