Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0East Granby’s library logs 5.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
East Granby Public Library serves East Granby’s 5,218 residents. Last year it lent 31K books, movies and e-books and logged 30K visits.
The short version on East Granby’s library
Above typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, East Granby Public Library is above the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, with four in the top 30%. No single number stands out, and none lags far behind. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
28% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 71%. What your card is worth ↓
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.
What’s behind East Granby’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, East Granby is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns, #15 of 155 in Connecticut. All three inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
27 community nonprofits are registered in East Granby
5.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
10.7%
10.7% of East Granby’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.5% in the typical Connecticut town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where East Granby’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 13 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
East Granby Public Library serves 5,218 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
31K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 40K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.7 time last year, on average.
5,334 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in East Granby last year.
Find it
East Granby Public Library, 24 Center Street, East Granby.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in East Granby? 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 $1.51 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average East Granby cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $333K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $502K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $333K 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 2,168 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
East Granby ranks 5th of 7 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simsbury | Simsbury Public Library fine-free | 19.0 | 63 | A |
| Granby | Granby Public Library fine-free | 8.4 | 45 | B+ |
| Windsor | Windsor Public Library | 6.8 | 58 | B |
| Suffield | Kent Memorial Library | 6.3 | 52 | B+ |
| East Granby | East Granby Public Library fine-free | 6.0 | 46 | A |
| Windsor Locks | Windsor Locks Public Library fine-free | 5.1 | 48 | C+ |
| Bloomfield | Bloomfield Public Library fine-free | 3.5 | 40 | C |
| Tariffville | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
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.
- 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.
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 East Granby
Does East Granby have a public library?
Yes. East Granby Public Library, 24 Center Street, serves East Granby’s 5,218 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 46 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is East Granby 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 East Granby’s library?
It logged 5.8 visits and lent 6.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is East Granby’s civic life grade?
A East Granby is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns on civic life, #15 of 155 in Connecticut. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in East Granby.
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.