Library · Grafton
Carnegie Regional Library
Grafton’s library is the Carnegie Regional Library, a branch of Carnegie Regional Library, open about 44 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. Grafton’s branch belongs to Carnegie Regional Library, which serves 10,563 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Carnegie Regional Library
49 West 7th Street, Grafton 58237
44 hrsopen a week
9,711sq ft
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Carnegie Regional Library
45K
visits
4.3 per resident
9,485
loans, print + digital
0.9 per resident
68
programs & events
559 attended
662
library cards
6% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people
Per-resident numbers, compared only with libraries of a similar size across the country, because a tiny town’s library always looks busier per person.
Visits per resident
4.3 visits · typical 3.1
Higher than 69% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
0.9 print items · typical 3.9
Lower than most similar-size libraries (8th percentile)
Digital borrowing
0.0 e-items · typical 1.1
Lower than most similar-size libraries (0th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
0.2 kids’ items · typical 1.8
Lower than most similar-size libraries (7th percentile)
Program attendance
0.1 attendees · typical 0.4
Lower than most similar-size libraries (5th percentile)
Cardholders
6% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (1th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
9,485 loans last year
Books & media (adults)72%Kids’ books & media28%E-books, audio & streaming0%
Who the programs are for
68 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$17 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $177K.
Local 88%State 6%Gifts & other 6%
About these numbers
How to read this page
Hours are an averageThe 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.
One year, the library’s own countLibraries report their own visits, loans and programs for fiscal year 2024. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Distances are straight-line from the town center.