Photo: Apc106 · CC BY-SA 3.0Eastampton Township has no public library of its own; the nearest is Mount Holly Library & Lyceum in Mount Holly, 1.8 miles away
Eastampton Township doesn’t have a public library of its own. The closest is Mount Holly Library & Lyceum in Mount Holly, 1.8 miles away. Many small-town libraries give cards to neighbors, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
B−Civic lifeAhead of 50% of U.S. towns · #203 of 466 in New Jersey. Nonprofits and volunteering.Libraries for Eastampton Township, in brief
Eastampton Township borrows from the libraries next door
Eastampton Township has no public library of its own, but four libraries are within 10 miles, the closest being Mount Holly Library & Lyceum in Mount Holly (1.8 miles). Many small-town libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead. Nearest libraries ↓
Eastampton Township isn’t the only town nearby without one
Pemberton Township and Lumberton Township don’t have a public library of their own either. Among the towns next door, Southampton Township (Sally Stretch Keen Memorial Library), Mount Holly Township (Mount Holly Library & Lyceum) and Westampton Township (Burlington County Library) do. Libraries next door ↓
The closest isn’t the one open longest
Mount Holly Library & Lyceum is nearest. Burlington County Library, 3.5 miles away, is open about 68 hours a week, so it may be easier to fit in. Nearest libraries ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Distances are straight-line from the town center.
What’s behind Eastampton Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Eastampton Township is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns, #203 of 466 in New Jersey. Eastampton Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Eastampton Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups 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 →
39 community nonprofits are registered in Eastampton Township
6.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (9 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.4%
5.4% of Eastampton Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.2% in the typical New Jersey 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 Eastampton Township’s residents live; 2022.
The closest is 1.8 miles away
Closest first, measured from the center of Eastampton Township. Each one’s hours, and whether it charges late fines.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton Township | Sally Stretch Keen Memorial Library | — | — | A− |
| Mount Holly Township | Mount Holly Library & Lyceum | — | — | B− |
| Westampton Township | Burlington County Library fine-free | — | 68 | B− |
| Pemberton Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Lumberton Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Eastampton Township
Does Eastampton Township have a public library?
No. The closest is Mount Holly Library & Lyceum in Mount Holly, 1.8 miles from the town center. Many libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
What is Eastampton Township’s civic life grade?
B− Eastampton Township is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns on civic life, #203 of 466 in New Jersey. 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 Eastampton 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.