Photo: Bohemian Baltimore · CC BY-SA 4.0Cecilton’s library is a branch of Cecil County Public Library, which lends more per resident than 81% of systems its size
Cecilton’s library is the Cecilton Branch, a branch of Cecil County Public Library, which serves 103,905 people and lent 834K items last year.
What Cecilton’s library is like
Above typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 100,000+ people, the Cecil County Public Library system is above the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, with four in the top 30%. No single number stands out, and none lags far behind. How it compares ↓
A well-funded system
The Cecil County Public Library system spends $79 per resident a year, about twice the typical $36 for a library its size. 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; Cecilton’s library is a branch of Cecil County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (103,905 people), not just the Cecilton branch.
What’s behind Cecilton’s civic life grade
Cecilton 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 →
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
834K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
167,885 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Cecil County Public Library serves 103,905 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 69 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Cecil County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
About 13 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.
Find it
Cecilton Branch, 215 E. Main St., Cecilton.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Cecil County Public Library branch.
New in Cecilton? 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 $1.55 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Cecilton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $8.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $13M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $8.3M 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 57,547 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Cecilton Branch is one branch of Cecil County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 103,905 people it serves.
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 Cecilton
Does Cecilton have a public library?
Yes: Cecilton Branch, 215 E. Main St., is a branch of Cecil County Public Library, which serves 103,905 people. The branch is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cecil County Public 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 Cecilton’s library?
It logged 2.8 visits and lent 8.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Cecilton’s civic life grade?
Cecilton 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 Cecilton.
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.