Wolcott’s library lends 8.5 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Wolcott Community Public Library serves 2,134 people in and around Wolcott. Last year it lent 23K books, movies and e-books and logged 14K visits.
What Wolcott’s library is like
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 78% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 93% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
71% of the 118 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.1 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
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; Wolcott Community Public Library serves 2,134 people in and around Wolcott, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Wolcott’s civic life grade
Wolcott 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 →
About 2 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Wolcott Community Public Library serves 2,134 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 14 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Wolcott Community Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
23K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
5,316 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Wolcott Community Public Library, 101 East North Street, Wolcott.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Wolcott Community Public Library branch.
New in Wolcott? 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 $2.12 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Wolcott cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $162K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $342K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $162K 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 624 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Wolcott Community Public Library serves 2,134 people in and around Wolcott, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Wolcott.
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 Wolcott
Does Wolcott have a public library?
Yes. Wolcott Community Public Library, 101 East North Street, serves 2,134 people in and around Wolcott (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Wolcott Community 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 Wolcott’s library?
It logged 6.7 visits and lent 11.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Wolcott’s civic life grade?
Wolcott 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 Wolcott.
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.