Photo: No machine-readable author provided. JimIrwin assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY 2.5Ellisburg’s library runs 17 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Cherry Hill Free Public Library serves 74,553 people in and around Ellisburg. Last year it lent 339K books, movies and e-books and logged 207K visits.
What Ellisburg’s library is like
Cherry Hill Free Public Library serves more than Ellisburg
The library’s service area covers 74,553 people in and around Ellisburg, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
64% of the 1,238 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 320 were for children. 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.
What’s behind Ellisburg’s civic life grade
Ellisburg 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 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Cherry Hill Free Public Library serves 74,553 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 119 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
339K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 152K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.8 times last year, on average.
65,437 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 6 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, 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
Cherry Hill Free Public Library, 1100 Kings Highway North, Cherry Hill.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Ellisburg? 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 $1.45 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Ellisburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.7M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $5.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.7M 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 23,300 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellisburg | Cherry Hill Free Public Library | 4.5 | 55 | — graded as part of its town |
| Kingston Estates | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Golden Triangle | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
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 Ellisburg
Does Ellisburg have a public library?
Yes. Cherry Hill Free Public Library, 1100 Kings Highway North, serves 74,553 people in and around Ellisburg (the survey’s count) and is open about 55 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cherry Hill Free 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 Ellisburg’s library?
It logged 2.8 visits and lent 4.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Ellisburg’s civic life grade?
Ellisburg 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 Ellisburg.
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.