Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Warrenton’s library lends 1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Warren County Memorial Library serves 18,615 people in and around Warrenton. Last year it lent 22K books, movies and e-books and logged 28K visits.
The short version on Warrenton’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, Warren County Memorial Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on six. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 15% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 40% for its size. 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; Warren County Memorial Library serves 18,615 people in and around Warrenton, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Warrenton’s civic life grade
Warrenton 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Warren County Memorial Library serves 18,615 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Warren County Memorial Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
22K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,692 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 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
Warren County Memorial Library, 119 S Front St., Warrenton.
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 Warren County Memorial Library branch.
New in Warrenton? 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 Warrenton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $809K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $382K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $809K 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 2,855 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Warren County Memorial Library serves 18,615 people in and around Warrenton, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Warrenton.
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 Warrenton
Does Warrenton have a public library?
Yes. Warren County Memorial Library, 119 S Front St., serves 18,615 people in and around Warrenton (the survey’s count) and is open about 52 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Warren County Memorial 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 Warrenton’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 1.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Warrenton’s civic life grade?
Warrenton 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 Warrenton.
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.