Photo: Elipongo · Public domainEast Windsor’s library logs 1.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Library Association of Warehouse Point serves East Windsor’s 11,170 residents. Last year it lent 35K books, movies and e-books and logged 17K visits.
The short version on East Windsor’s library
Every town next door borrows more
East Windsor’s library lends 3.1 items per resident. Each of the five neighboring towns with a library of its own lends more, led by South Windsor at 9.7. Libraries next door ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 18% of the people Library Association of Warehouse Point serves have a library card, against a typical 40% for its size. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
27% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 73%. 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 Windsor’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, East Windsor is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns, #79 of 155 in Connecticut. East Windsor is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; East Windsor’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
39 community nonprofits are registered in East Windsor
3.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (8 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.6%
8.6% of East Windsor’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 Windsor’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Library Association of Warehouse Point serves 11,170 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 15 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
35K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 42K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.7 time last year, on average.
4,029 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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 Windsor last year.
2 places to borrow in East Windsor
Library Association of Warehouse Point, 107 Main St., East Windsor.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in East Windsor? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in East Windsor
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.15 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average East Windsor cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $483K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $553K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $483K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 2,052 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
East Windsor ranks 6th of 6 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Windsor | South Windsor Public Library fine-free | 9.7 | 56 | C+ |
| Windsor | Windsor Public Library | 6.8 | 58 | B |
| Ellington | Hall Memorial Library | 5.6 | 53 | C+ |
| Windsor Locks | Windsor Locks Public Library fine-free | 5.1 | 48 | C+ |
| Enfield | Enfield Public Library fine-free | 4.9 | 60 | C− |
| East Windsor | Library Association of Warehouse Point | 3.1 | 46 | B |
| Broad Brook | Broad Brook Library | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Southwood Acres | 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 Windsor
Does East Windsor have a public library?
Yes. Library Association of Warehouse Point, 107 Main St., serves East Windsor’s 11,170 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 46 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Library Association of Warehouse Point fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is East Windsor’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 3.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is East Windsor’s civic life grade?
B East Windsor is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns on civic life, #79 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 Windsor.
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.