Dr. Andrew Castle House · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Woodbridge’s library lends 14 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Woodbridge Town Library serves Woodbridge’s 9,021 residents. Last year it lent 154K books, movies and e-books and logged 67K visits.
The short version on Woodbridge’s library
Woodbridge ranks 3rd in Connecticut for borrowing
Out of 123 Connecticut towns with a library of their own, Woodbridge comes 3rd for items borrowed per resident. It’s also #9 for kids’ borrowing. How it compares ↓
Woodbridge uses its library more than almost any town its size
Woodbridge Town Library logs 7.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 14 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 88% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Woodbridge out-borrows every town next door
At 17 loans per resident, Woodbridge leads the eight towns here. The closest is Orange, at 10. Libraries next door ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 50% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 96% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 27 items per child in Woodbridge last year. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3.5 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 92% of similar-size libraries. It’s 20% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
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 Woodbridge’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Woodbridge is ahead of 91% of U.S. towns, #11 of 155 in Connecticut. All three inputs are above most U.S. towns; Woodbridge’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
70 community nonprofits are registered in Woodbridge
7.7 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 (13 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.6%
8.6% of Woodbridge’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 Woodbridge’s residents live; 2022.
About 7 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 Woodbridge last year.
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.
Woodbridge Town Library serves 9,021 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 59 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
154K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 77K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.6 times last year, on average.
31,141 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Woodbridge Town Library, 10 Newton Rd., Woodbridge.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Woodbridge? 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 $2.17 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Woodbridge cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.1M 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 3,852 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Woodbridge borrows the most per resident of the 8 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbridge | Woodbridge Town Library fine-free | 17.1 | 51 | A |
| Orange | Case Memorial Library fine-free | 10.1 | 53 | B |
| Bethany | Clark Memorial Library fine-free | 6.9 | 37 | B |
| Hamden | Hamden Public Library fine-free | 5.2 | 51 | C |
| Seymour | Seymour Public Library fine-free | 3.4 | 41 | C |
| Derby | Derby Neck Library fine-free | 2.1 | 46 | C− |
| New Haven | New Haven Free Public Library fine-free | 1.5 | 54 | B− |
| Ansonia | Ansonia Library fine-free | 1.3 | 47 | D |
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 Woodbridge
Does Woodbridge have a public library?
Yes. Woodbridge Town Library, 10 Newton Rd., serves Woodbridge’s 9,021 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 51 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Woodbridge Town 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 Woodbridge’s library?
It logged 7.5 visits and lent 17.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Woodbridge’s civic life grade?
A Woodbridge is ahead of 91% of U.S. towns on civic life, #11 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 Woodbridge.
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.