← How Wareham ranks
Massachusetts rankings · Libraries Towns that borrow the most from their library in Massachusetts Ranked by books, movies, e-books and other items the town’s public library lent in a year, per resident. 255 towns with 2,500+ residents.
Wareham’s spot
#209 of 255 3.5 per resident books, movies & e-books borrowed a year
The race around Wareham
Just behind Monson, just ahead of Norton All 255 towns Loans per resident, highest first. Towns next door to Wareham are tagged.
# Town Loans per resident Library Loans a year
1
West Tisbury Dukes County · 3,080 people 34.6 per resident West Tisbury Free Public Library 124,430
2
Hopkinton Middlesex County · 19,358 people 28.6 per resident Hopkinton Public Library 550,685
3
Weston Middlesex County · 11,579 people 23.5 per resident Weston Public Library 274,542
4
Lexington Middlesex County · 34,295 people 20.2 per resident Cary Memorial Library 688,083
5
Orleans Barnstable County · 6,415 people 19.1 per resident Snow Library 122,414
6
Concord Middlesex County · 18,223 people 18.8 per resident Concord Free Public Library 337,017
7
Lincoln Middlesex County · 6,948 people 18.5 per resident Lincoln Public Library 126,707
8
Sudbury Middlesex County · 19,306 people 18.2 per resident Goodnow Library 344,804
9
Williamsburg Hampshire County · 2,694 people 18.2 per resident Meekins Public Library 44,875
10
Wellesley Norfolk County · 30,347 people 18.1 per resident Wellesley Free Library 553,870
11
Eastham Barnstable County · 5,811 people 17.9 per resident Eastham Public Library 104,222
12
Bedford Middlesex County · 14,727 people 16.9 per resident Bedford Free Public Library 239,627
13
Carlisle Middlesex County · 5,239 people 16.7 per resident Gleason Public Library 86,292
14
Sherborn Middlesex County · 4,427 people 16.7 per resident Sherborn Library 73,212
15
Littleton Middlesex County · 10,280 people 15.8 per resident Reuben Hoar Library 159,741
16
Sunderland Franklin County · 3,641 people 15.7 per resident Sunderland Public Library 57,190
17
Northfield Franklin County · 2,872 people 15.4 per resident Dickinson Memorial Library 44,228
18
West Newbury Essex County · 4,591 people 15.2 per resident G. A. R. Memorial Library 69,523
19
Acton Middlesex County · 24,155 people 15.0 per resident Acton Memorial Library 356,630
20
Winchester Middlesex County · 23,406 people 14.8 per resident Winchester Public Library 334,152
21
Millis Norfolk County · 8,888 people 14.8 per resident Millis Public Library 130,763
22
Harwich Barnstable County · 13,598 people 14.6 per resident Brooks Free Library 195,223
23
Groton Middlesex County · 11,390 people 14.6 per resident Groton Public Library 162,988
24
Tisbury Dukes County · 4,893 people 14.3 per resident Vineyard Haven Public Library 69,842
25
Wellfleet Barnstable County · 4,404 people 14.3 per resident Wellfleet Public Library 52,230
26
Newton 89,044 people 14.1 per resident Newton Free Library 1,230,976
27
Topsfield Essex County · 6,564 people 14.1 per resident Topsfield Town Library 91,888
28
Westwood Norfolk County · 16,318 people 14.0 per resident Westwood Public Library 227,680
29
Needham Norfolk County · 32,459 people 13.8 per resident Needham Free Public Library 443,033
30
Brewster Barnstable County · 10,420 people 13.8 per resident Brewster Ladies' Library 144,098
31
Oak Bluffs Dukes County · 5,407 people 13.8 per resident Oak Bluffs Public Library 74,210
32
Reading Middlesex County · 25,612 people 13.6 per resident Reading Public Library 342,198
33
Cohasset Norfolk County · 8,427 people 13.5 per resident Paul Pratt Memorial Library 113,072
34
Harvard Worcester County · 6,927 people 13.4 per resident Harvard Public Library 91,982
35
Mattapoisett Plymouth County · 6,634 people 13.4 per resident Mattapoisett Free Public Library 87,998
36
Chatham Barnstable County · 6,681 people 13.3 per resident Eldredge Public Library 88,275
37
Wayland Middlesex County · 13,914 people 13.2 per resident Wayland Free Public Library 179,927
38
Townsend Middlesex County · 9,100 people 13.2 per resident Townsend Public Library 118,534
39
Boxborough Middlesex County · 5,496 people 13.1 per resident Sargent Memorial Library 70,758
40
Brookline Norfolk County · 63,266 people 13.0 per resident Brookline Public Library 813,846
41
Westford Middlesex County · 24,690 people 12.9 per resident J. V. Fletcher Library 314,442
42
Mashpee Barnstable County · 15,384 people 12.8 per resident Mashpee Public Library 197,945
43
Southborough Worcester County · 10,493 people 12.8 per resident Southborough Public Library 133,703
44
Lenox Berkshire County · 5,079 people 12.8 per resident Lenox Library 64,791
45
Edgartown Dukes County · 5,278 people 12.7 per resident Edgartown Free Public Library 67,036
46
Natick Middlesex County · 36,873 people 12.6 per resident Morse Institute Library 372,975
47
Norwell Plymouth County · 11,361 people 12.6 per resident Norwell Public Library 141,891
48
Newburyport 18,652 people 12.5 per resident Newburyport Public Library 234,036
49
Great Barrington Berkshire County · 7,202 people 12.5 per resident Mason Library 90,309
50
Dover Norfolk County · 5,930 people 12.5 per resident Dover Town Library 73,484
51
Sheffield Berkshire County · 3,330 people 12.2 per resident Bushnell-Sage Library 40,613
52
Maynard Middlesex County · 10,712 people 11.8 per resident Maynard Public Library 124,134
53
Hingham Plymouth County · 24,283 people 11.7 per resident Hingham Public Library 282,876
54
Williamstown Berkshire County · 9,150 people 11.7 per resident David & Joyce Milne Public Library 89,294
55
Hadley Hampshire County · 5,306 people 11.7 per resident Hadley Public Library 61,898
56
Falmouth Barnstable County · 33,039 people 11.5 per resident Falmouth Public Library 372,077
57
Duxbury Plymouth County · 16,185 people 11.5 per resident Duxbury Free Library 184,553
58
Cambridge 118,796 people 11.3 per resident Cambridge Public Library 1,344,532
59
Andover Essex County · 36,652 people 11.1 per resident Memorial Hall Library 404,232
60
Medfield Norfolk County · 13,068 people 11.1 per resident Medfield Memorial Library 145,585
61
Chelmsford Middlesex County · 36,446 people 10.9 per resident Chelmsford Public Library 390,881
62
Sharon Norfolk County · 18,574 people 10.9 per resident Sharon Public Library 199,814
63
Seekonk Bristol County · 15,694 people 10.9 per resident Seekonk Public Library 169,833
64
Rockport Essex County · 7,009 people 10.9 per resident Rockport Public Library 75,378
65
Manchester-by-the-Sea Essex County · 5,403 people 10.9 per resident Manchester-By-The-Sea Pub. Library 58,166
66
Scituate Plymouth County · 19,365 people 10.8 per resident Scituate Town Library 207,324
67
Granby Hampshire County · 6,080 people 10.7 per resident Granby Free Public Library 64,548
68
Wakefield Middlesex County · 27,793 people 10.5 per resident Lucius Beebe Memorial Library 284,168
69
Belmont Middlesex County · 27,175 people 10.5 per resident Belmont Public Library 280,217
70
Holden Worcester County · 20,064 people 10.5 per resident Gale Free Library 209,434
71
Ipswich Essex County · 13,930 people 10.5 per resident Ipswich Public Library 145,970
72
Bolton Worcester County · 5,737 people 10.5 per resident Bolton Public Library 60,154
73
Swampscott Essex County · 15,277 people 10.4 per resident Swampscott Public Library 159,140
74
Sterling Worcester County · 8,183 people 10.2 per resident Conant Free Public Library 82,745
75
Holliston Middlesex County · 15,094 people 10.0 per resident Holliston Public Library 148,306
76
Montague Franklin County · 8,482 people 9.9 per resident Montague Public Libraries 83,978
77
Northborough Worcester County · 15,750 people 9.5 per resident Northborough Free Library 148,338
78
Longmeadow Hampden County · 15,696 people 9.3 per resident Richard Salter Storrs Library 145,092
79
Kingston Plymouth County · 14,027 people 9.2 per resident Kingston Public Library 126,744
80
Shrewsbury Worcester County · 38,876 people 9.1 per resident Shrewsbury Free Public Library 361,246
81
Essex Essex County · 3,701 people 9.0 per resident T.O.H.P. Burnham Free Library 32,993
82
Westborough Worcester County · 21,944 people 8.9 per resident Westborough Public Library 192,231
83
West Boylston Worcester County · 7,782 people 8.9 per resident Beaman Memorial Public Library 68,784
84
Beverly 42,665 people 8.6 per resident Beverly Public Library 363,064
85
Milton Norfolk County · 28,587 people 8.6 per resident Milton Public Library 244,177
86
Georgetown Essex County · 8,474 people 8.6 per resident Georgetown Peabody Library 72,435
87
Ashburnham Worcester County · 6,415 people 8.5 per resident Stevens Memorial Library 53,943
88
Ayer Middlesex County · 8,645 people 8.4 per resident Ayer Library 70,358
89
Dalton Berkshire County · 6,256 people 8.4 per resident Dalton Free Public Library 52,639
90
Wilbraham Hampden County · 14,572 people 8.3 per resident Wilbraham Public Library 121,037
91
Hatfield Hampshire County · 3,325 people 8.3 per resident Hatfield Public Library 27,664
92
Burlington Middlesex County · 26,274 people 8.2 per resident Burlington Public Library 211,901
93
West Brookfield Worcester County · 3,859 people 8.2 per resident Merriam-Gilbert Public Library 31,468
94
Norwood Norfolk County · 31,542 people 8.1 per resident Morrill Memorial Library 253,734
95
Middleton Essex County · 9,816 people 7.9 per resident Flint Public Library 77,390
96
Canton Norfolk County · 24,748 people 7.8 per resident Canton Public Library 191,339
97
South Hadley Hampshire County · 17,754 people 7.8 per resident South Hadley Public Library 140,608
98
Princeton Worcester County · 3,529 people 7.8 per resident Princeton Public Library 27,190
99
Southampton Hampshire County · 6,230 people 7.6 per resident Edwards Public Library 47,355
100
Ashland Middlesex County · 18,873 people 7.5 per resident Ashland Public Library 138,389
101
Sturbridge Worcester County · 9,960 people 7.5 per resident Joshua Hyde Public Library 74,451
102
Hudson Middlesex County · 20,077 people 7.4 per resident Hudson Public Library 145,564
103
Medway Norfolk County · 13,436 people 7.4 per resident Medway Public Library 99,460
104
Lynnfield Essex County · 13,064 people 7.4 per resident Lynnfield Public Library 96,342
105
Deerfield Franklin County · 5,158 people 7.4 per resident Tilton Library 38,286
106
Melrose 29,650 people 7.3 per resident Melrose Public Library 212,321
107
Lancaster Worcester County · 8,606 people 7.3 per resident Thayer Memorial Library 61,577
108
Barre Worcester County · 5,572 people 7.3 per resident Woods Memorial Library 40,579
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Foxborough Norfolk County · 18,615 people 7.1 per resident Boyden Library 130,386
110
Charlton Worcester County · 13,435 people 7.0 per resident Charlton Public Library 93,592
111
Upton Worcester County · 8,189 people 7.0 per resident Upton Town Library 57,064
112
Avon Norfolk County · 4,774 people 7.0 per resident Avon Public Library 33,364
113
Brookfield Worcester County · 3,460 people 7.0 per resident Merrick Public Library 24,122
114
Plainville Norfolk County · 9,943 people 6.9 per resident Plainville Public Library 67,634
115
Westminster Worcester County · 8,374 people 6.9 per resident Forbush Memorial Library 57,276
116
Acushnet Bristol County · 10,624 people 6.8 per resident Acushnet Public Library 71,481
117
Newbury Essex County · 6,777 people 6.8 per resident Newbury Town Library 45,751
118
North Reading Middlesex County · 15,765 people 6.7 per resident Flint Memorial Library 103,725
119
Pepperell Middlesex County · 11,663 people 6.7 per resident Lawrence Library 77,668
120
Sandwich Barnstable County · 20,522 people 6.6 per resident Sandwich Free Public Library 136,002
121
Lunenburg Worcester County · 11,902 people 6.6 per resident Lunenburg Public Library 77,711
122
Waltham 64,902 people 6.5 per resident Waltham Public Library 414,622
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Lee Berkshire County · 5,719 people 6.5 per resident Lee Library Association 37,168
124
Dartmouth Bristol County · 33,328 people 6.4 per resident Dartmouth Public Libraries 212,642
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Athol Worcester County · 12,011 people 6.4 per resident Athol Public Library 76,601
126
Lakeville Plymouth County · 11,944 people 6.4 per resident Lakeville Free Public Library 76,230
127
Boxford Essex County · 8,208 people 6.4 per resident Boxford Town Library 51,567
128
Framingham 72,399 people 6.3 per resident Framingham Public Library 444,933
129
Walpole Norfolk County · 26,388 people 6.3 per resident Walpole Public Library 164,502
130
Marshfield Plymouth County · 25,879 people 6.3 per resident Ventress Memorial Library 162,403
131
Mansfield Bristol County · 23,931 people 6.3 per resident Mansfield Public Library 150,880
132
Marion Plymouth County · 5,310 people · next door 6.3 per resident Elizabeth Taber Library 33,528
133
Medford 59,354 people 6.2 per resident Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 402,792
134
Dedham Norfolk County · 25,237 people 6.2 per resident Dedham Public Library 153,752
135
Wilmington Middlesex County · 23,336 people 6.2 per resident Wilmington Memorial Library 141,957
136
Southwick Hampden County · 9,217 people 6.2 per resident Southwick Public Library 57,219
137
West Bridgewater Plymouth County · 7,708 people 6.2 per resident West Bridgewater Public Library 47,536
138
Rochester Plymouth County · 5,837 people · next door 6.2 per resident Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library 36,347
139
Quincy 102,114 people 6.1 per resident Thomas Crane Public Library 620,934
140
Tewksbury Middlesex County · 31,273 people 6.1 per resident Tewksbury Public Library 188,669
141
Merrimac Essex County · 6,748 people 6.1 per resident Merrimac Public Library 41,083
142
Paxton Worcester County · 5,002 people 6.1 per resident Richards Memorial Library 30,759
143
Woburn 41,939 people 6.0 per resident Woburn Public Library 247,884
144
Salem 44,795 people 5.9 per resident Salem Public Library 262,510
145
Billerica Middlesex County · 42,003 people 5.9 per resident Billerica Public Library 245,491
146
Somerset Bristol County · 18,298 people 5.9 per resident Somerset Public Library 106,809
147
Tyngsborough Middlesex County · 12,550 people 5.9 per resident Tyngsborough Public Library 72,574
148
Rowley Essex County · 6,251 people 5.9 per resident Rowley Public Library 37,135
149
Boylston Worcester County · 4,948 people 5.8 per resident Boylston Public Library 28,735
150
Shirley Middlesex County · 6,976 people 5.7 per resident Hazen Memorial Library 38,319
151
Gardner 21,148 people 5.6 per resident Levi Heywood Memorial Library 116,065
152
Plympton Plymouth County · 2,935 people 5.6 per resident Plympton Public Library 16,253
153
North Andover Essex County · 31,490 people 5.5 per resident Stevens Memorial Library 171,522
154
Pembroke Plymouth County · 18,382 people 5.5 per resident Pembroke Public Library 100,984
155
Belchertown Hampshire County · 15,393 people 5.5 per resident Clapp Memorial Library 84,803
156
Nantucket Nantucket County · 14,483 people 5.5 per resident Nantucket Atheneum 78,912
157
Hanover Plymouth County · 14,845 people 5.4 per resident John Curtis Free Library 79,227
158
Sutton Worcester County · 9,452 people 5.4 per resident Sutton Free Public Library 50,390
159
Stoneham Middlesex County · 23,355 people 5.3 per resident Stoneham Public Library 119,240
160
Northbridge Worcester County · 16,458 people 5.3 per resident Whitinsville Social Library 86,030
161
Fairhaven Bristol County · 15,903 people 5.3 per resident Millicent Library 83,505
162
Leominster 43,909 people 5.1 per resident Leominster Public Library 222,726
163
Yarmouth Barnstable County · 25,224 people 5.1 per resident Yarmouth Town Libraries 128,661
164
Blackstone Worcester County · 9,255 people 5.1 per resident Blackstone Free Public Library 46,533
165
Stow Middlesex County · 7,165 people 5.1 per resident Randall Library 35,943
166
Hopedale Worcester County · 6,027 people 5.1 per resident Bancroft Memorial Library 30,644
167
Dunstable Middlesex County · 3,408 people 5.1 per resident Dunstable Free Public Library 17,119
168
Auburn Worcester County · 16,970 people 5.0 per resident Auburn Free Public Library 83,646
169
Oxford Worcester County · 13,385 people 4.9 per resident Oxford Free Public Library 65,057
170
Hampden Hampden County · 4,946 people 4.9 per resident Hampden Free Public Library 24,242
171
Middleborough Plymouth County · 24,505 people · next door 4.8 per resident Middleborough Public Library 116,184
172
Marblehead Essex County · 20,413 people 4.8 per resident Abbot Public Library 97,681
173
Whitman Plymouth County · 15,295 people 4.8 per resident Whitman Public Library 73,406
174
Bellingham Norfolk County · 17,410 people 4.7 per resident Bellingham Public Library 81,284
175
Abington Plymouth County · 17,053 people 4.7 per resident Abington Public Library 79,507
176
North Adams 12,606 people 4.7 per resident North Adams Public Library 60,301
177
Nahant Essex County · 3,325 people 4.7 per resident Nahant Public Library 15,607
178
Somerville 81,036 people 4.6 per resident Somerville Public Library 368,150
179
Chicopee 55,295 people 4.6 per resident Chicopee Public Library 253,771
180
Bourne Barnstable County · 20,323 people · next door 4.6 per resident Jonathan Bourne Public Library 95,742
181
Groveland Essex County · 6,777 people 4.6 per resident Langley Adams Library 31,207
182
East Bridgewater Plymouth County · 14,456 people 4.5 per resident East Bridgewater Public Library 64,414
183
Rutland Worcester County · 9,353 people 4.5 per resident Rutland Free Public Library 41,382
184
Raynham Bristol County · 15,505 people 4.4 per resident Raynham Public Library 68,744
185
Halifax Plymouth County · 7,748 people 4.4 per resident Holmes Public Library 33,488
186
Easton Bristol County · 25,316 people 4.3 per resident Ames Free Library of Easton, Inc. 107,779
187
Ashby Middlesex County · 3,211 people 4.3 per resident Ashby Free Public Library 13,456
188
Plymouth Plymouth County · 63,953 people · next door 4.2 per resident Plymouth Public Library 272,085
189
Dracut Middlesex County · 32,574 people 4.2 per resident Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Lib. 135,704
190
Milford Worcester County · 30,431 people 4.2 per resident Milford Town Library 126,928
191
Hanson Plymouth County · 10,660 people 4.2 per resident Hanson Public Library 44,550
192
Westport Bristol County · 16,484 people 4.1 per resident Westport Free Public Library 66,683
193
Uxbridge Worcester County · 14,473 people 4.1 per resident Uxbridge Free Public Library 58,939
194
Millbury Worcester County · 13,961 people 4.1 per resident Millbury Public Library 57,426
195
Mendon Worcester County · 6,325 people 4.1 per resident Taft Public Library 25,590
196
Pittsfield 43,457 people 3.9 per resident Berkshire Athenaeum 168,754
197
Grafton Worcester County · 19,902 people 3.8 per resident Grafton Public Library 74,610
198
Swansea Bristol County · 17,359 people 3.8 per resident Swansea Free Public Library 66,017
199
Hubbardston Worcester County · 4,371 people 3.8 per resident Hubbardston Public Library 16,472
200
Stoughton Norfolk County · 29,225 people 3.7 per resident Stoughton Public Library 108,071
201
Rockland Plymouth County · 17,701 people 3.7 per resident Rockland Memorial Library 64,803
202
Salisbury Essex County · 9,281 people 3.7 per resident Salisbury Public Library 34,007
203
Provincetown Barnstable County · 3,703 people 3.7 per resident Provincetown Public Library 13,805
204
Westfield 40,378 people 3.6 per resident Westfield Athenaeum 147,417
205
Gloucester 30,075 people 3.6 per resident Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Lib 107,029
206
Wrentham Norfolk County · 12,297 people 3.6 per resident Fiske Public Library 44,388
207
Dudley Worcester County · 11,929 people 3.6 per resident Pearle L. Crawford Memorial Library 42,885
208
Monson Hampden County · 8,136 people 3.6 per resident Monson Free Library & Reading Room 29,292
209
Wareham Plymouth County · 23,302 people 3.5 per resident Wareham Free Library 81,751
210
Norton Bristol County · 19,240 people 3.5 per resident Norton Public Library 67,046
211
Boston 666,442 people 3.4 per resident Boston Public Library 2,241,712
212
Saugus Essex County · 28,773 people 3.4 per resident Saugus Public Library 97,390
213
Carver Plymouth County · 11,712 people · next door 3.4 per resident Carver Public Library 39,558
214
Adams Berkshire County · 8,074 people 3.4 per resident Adams Free Library 27,314
215
North Brookfield Worcester County · 4,760 people 3.4 per resident Haston Free Public Library 16,160
216
Brimfield Hampden County · 3,705 people 3.4 per resident Brimfield Public Library 12,444
217
Attleboro 46,762 people 3.3 per resident Attleboro Public Library 152,192
218
Ludlow Hampden County · 20,904 people 3.3 per resident Hubbard Memorial Library 68,344
219
Douglas Worcester County · 9,207 people 3.3 per resident Simon Fairfield Public Library 29,793
220
Orange Franklin County · 7,573 people 3.3 per resident Wheeler Memorial Library 24,671
221
Worcester 207,055 people 3.2 per resident Worcester Public Library 647,557
222
Malden 65,906 people 3.2 per resident Malden Public Library 209,642
223
Marlborough 41,647 people 3.2 per resident Marlborough Public Library 131,858
224
Holbrook Norfolk County · 11,380 people 3.2 per resident Holbrook Public Library 35,939
225
Leicester Worcester County · 11,113 people 3.2 per resident Leicester Public Library 35,084
226
Haverhill 67,698 people 3.0 per resident Haverhill Public Library 198,784
227
Rehoboth Bristol County · 13,022 people 2.9 per resident Blanding Free Public Library 37,446
228
Berkley Bristol County · 6,829 people 2.8 per resident Berkley Public Library 18,894
229
Ware Hampshire County · 10,048 people 2.7 per resident Young Men's Library Association 28,498
230
Berlin Worcester County · 3,378 people 2.6 per resident Berlin Public Library 10,815
231
Holland Hampden County · 2,583 people 2.6 per resident Holland Public Library 6,569
232
Webster Worcester County · 17,748 people 2.5 per resident Gladys E. Kelly Public Library 44,325
233
Hull Plymouth County · 10,138 people 2.5 per resident Hull Public Library 25,623
234
Dighton Bristol County · 8,193 people 2.4 per resident Dighton Public Library 19,720
235
Spencer Worcester County · 12,008 people 2.3 per resident Richard Sugden Public Library 27,833
236
Winchendon Worcester County · 10,440 people 2.2 per resident Beals Memorial Library 22,736
237
Freetown Bristol County · 9,285 people 2.2 per resident James White Memorial Lib. 20,338
238
Clinton Worcester County · 15,563 people 2.1 per resident Bigelow Free Public Library 32,507
239
Springfield 154,749 people 1.7 per resident Springfield City Library 261,583
240
Brockton 105,386 people 1.7 per resident Brockton Public Library 181,836
241
New Bedford 100,998 people 1.7 per resident New Bedford Free Public Library 170,170
242
Lanesborough Berkshire County · 3,028 people 1.7 per resident Lanesborough Public Library 5,048
243
Fitchburg 41,798 people 1.6 per resident Fitchburg Public Library 64,804
244
Cheshire Berkshire County · 3,216 people 1.5 per resident Cheshire Public Library 4,698
245
Taunton 60,433 people 1.4 per resident Taunton Public Library 86,568
246
Templeton Worcester County · 8,252 people 1.4 per resident Boynton Public Library 11,336
247
Fall River 94,082 people 1.2 per resident Fall River Public Library 114,926
248
Holyoke 37,813 people 1.2 per resident Holyoke Public Library 46,944
249
Everett 50,045 people 1.0 per resident Everett Public Libraries 49,487
250
Lowell 118,368 people 0.9 per resident Samuel S. Pollard Memorial Library 106,180
251
Millville Worcester County · 3,160 people 0.9 per resident Millville Free Public Library 2,931
252
Chelsea 39,908 people 0.7 per resident Chelsea Public Library 25,534
253
Lynn 101,709 people 0.6 per resident Lynn Public Library 64,794
254
Revere 60,012 people 0.4 per resident Revere Public Library 25,496
255
Lawrence 88,736 people 0.3 per resident Lawrence Public Library 29,312
We rank every town by books, movies, e-books and other items the town’s public library lent in a year, per resident. The highest figure ranks #1. Each library reports its own yearly numbers to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (fiscal year 2024), and each town’s Library page shows how it compares with libraries of a similar size nationwide.
A town is ranked only when its library system serves that town alone, and the library’s own count of the people it serves is within 20% of the town’s population. Towns served by a county or regional system, or sharing a library with a neighbor, can’t be credited with the numbers, so they aren’t ranked. Libraries that didn’t respond to the survey aren’t ranked either. Vacation towns can rank high because summer residents and visitors use the library too.
Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Libraries: IMLS Public Libraries Survey . Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.
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