Photo: Lacey Niceswanger · CC BY-SA 3.0Somers’ library logs 7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Somers Public Library serves Somers’s 187 residents. Last year it lent 232 print books and media and logged 1,315 visits.
Somers’s library, in brief
More of a place to be than a place to borrow
Visits per resident beat 80% of similar-size libraries, while borrowing beats only 13%. Program attendance beats 81% of similar libraries. A year at the library ↓
A small-town library
Somers Public Library serves 187 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Open only about 19 hours a week
Somers Public Library keeps short hours: about 19 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Somers’ civic life grade
Somers 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 year at Somers Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: spending. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Somers Public Library serves 187 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Books and media off the shelf
232 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 6,147 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0 time last year, on average.
16 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Somers Public Library, 516 6th Ave, Somers.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Somers cardholder borrows.
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 86 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: spending. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Somers
Does Somers have a public library?
Yes. Somers Public Library, 516 6th Ave, serves Somers’ 187 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 19 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Somers Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Somers’ library?
It logged 7.0 visits and lent 1.2 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Somers’ civic life grade?
Somers 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 Somers.
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.