Photo: JJBers · CC BY-SA 4.0Moosup’s library logs 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Aldrich Free Public Library serves 15,193 people in and around Moosup. Last year it lent 15K books, movies and e-books and logged 6,348 visits.
What Moosup’s library is like
Aldrich Free Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Aldrich Free Public Library records 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $7 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Aldrich Free Public Library offered 29 programs last year, 1.9 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
The library is a National Register landmark
Aldrich Free Public Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1994. Today’s library there has 9,900 square feet. The building ↓
Aldrich Free Public Library serves more than Moosup
The library’s service area covers 15,193 people in and around Moosup, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Aldrich Free Public Library spends $7 per resident, less than 99% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). 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 Moosup’s civic life grade
Moosup 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 →
A National Register landmark since 1994
Aldrich Free Public Library, 299 Main St., Plainfield.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Moosup? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Aldrich Free Public Library
Aldrich Free Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jul 27, 1994. It is significant for its architecture, social history and education at the state level. Its architecture is described as Queen Anne.
Aldrich Free Public Library is the public library of the Moosup section of Plainfield, Connecticut. It is located at 299 Main Street, in an architecturally significant Queen Anne building constructed in 1895 with funds given by the library's major benefactors, David L. Aldrich and Edwin Milner. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
More about the building →Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Aldrich Free Public Library serves 15,193 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 13 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
15K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 53K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
230 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
29 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.59 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Moosup cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $101K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $263K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $101K 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 7,843 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Moosup
Does Moosup have a public library?
Yes. Aldrich Free Public Library, 299 Main St., serves 15,193 people in and around Moosup (the survey’s count) and is open about 23 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Aldrich Free Public Library 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 Moosup’s library?
It logged 0.4 visits and lent 1.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Moosup’s civic life grade?
Moosup 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 Moosup.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.