Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Courtland’s library logs 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Courtland Public Library serves 1,069 people in and around Courtland. Last year it lent 1,056 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,088 visits.
The short version on Courtland’s library
More library cards than residents
1,580 cards for 1,069 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 ↓
Courtland Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Courtland Public Library records 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $14 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Federal money pays a real share
36% of the budget comes from federal grants, and 54% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Open only about 16 hours a week
The Courtland branch keeps short hours: about 16 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Courtland Public Library offered 11 programs last year, 10 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
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; Courtland Public Library serves 1,069 people in and around Courtland, 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 Courtland’s civic life grade
Courtland isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Courtland Public Library serves 1,069 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Courtland Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,056 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
11 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
Courtland Public Library, 215 College Street, Courtland.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Courtland Public Library branch.
New in Courtland? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.24 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Courtland cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $15K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $33K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $15K 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 1,580 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtland | Courtland Public Library fine-free | — | 16 | — under 1,000 residents |
| North Courtland | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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. Courtland Public Library serves 1,069 people in and around Courtland, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Courtland.
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 Courtland
Does Courtland have a public library?
Yes. Courtland Public Library, 215 College Street, serves 1,069 people in and around Courtland (the survey’s count) and is open about 16 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Courtland Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Courtland’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 1.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Courtland’s civic life grade?
Courtland isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Courtland.
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.