William Treadwell House · Photo: Michigan History Division · Public domainPittsford Township’s library logs 0.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Pittsford Public Library serves 3,952 people in and around Pittsford Township. Last year it logged 2,145 visits.
What’s behind Pittsford Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Pittsford Township is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. Pittsford Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Pittsford Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
3 community nonprofits are registered in Pittsford Township
1.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: arts & culture.
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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
14.9%
14.9% of Pittsford Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 12.4% in the typical Michigan 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 Pittsford Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Pittsford Public Library serves 3,952 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
A year at Pittsford Public Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Pittsford Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: print loans and books & media on the shelves. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
6 programs a year
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
Pittsford Public Library, 9268 East Hudson Road, Pittsford.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Pittsford Public Library branch.
New in Pittsford Township? The Handbook →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 Pittsford Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $73K.
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 2,161 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsford Township | Pittsford Public Library | — | 23 | B |
| Wright Township | Waldron District Library | — | 37 | B |
| Jefferson Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Hudson Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Wheatland Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
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.
- Not reported for 2024: print loans and books & media on the shelves. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- System-wide. Pittsford Public Library serves 3,952 people in and around Pittsford Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Pittsford Township.
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 Pittsford Township
Does Pittsford Township have a public library?
Yes. Pittsford Public Library, 9268 East Hudson Road, serves 3,952 people in and around Pittsford Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 23 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Pittsford 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 Pittsford Township’s library?
It logged 0.5 visits per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Pittsford Township’s civic life grade?
B Pittsford Township is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Pittsford Township.
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.