Windsor’s library runs 9.6 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
New Windsor Public Library District serves 1,147 people in and around Windsor. Last year it lent 3,224 print books and media and logged 2,498 visits.
The short version on Windsor’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, New Windsor Public Library District sits below the middle on all five per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on four. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
New Windsor Public Library District serves 1,147 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 30 hours a week. 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 ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 13% of the people New Windsor Public Library District serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
New Windsor Public Library District offered 11 programs last year, 9.6 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
New Windsor Public Library District serves more than Windsor
The library’s service area covers 1,147 people in and around Windsor, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
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 Windsor’s civic life grade
Windsor 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
New Windsor Public Library District serves 1,147 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
3,224 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Windsor’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 11K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
11 programs a year
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.
Find it
New Windsor Public Library District, 412 Main Street, New Windsor.
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 $1.27 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Windsor cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $45K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $57K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $45K 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 154 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. Illinois libraries often don’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 Windsor
Does Windsor have a public library?
Yes. New Windsor Public Library District, 412 Main Street, serves 1,147 people in and around Windsor (the survey’s count) and is open about 30 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is New Windsor Public Library District fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Windsor’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 2.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Windsor’s civic life grade?
Windsor 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 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.