Gibbstown’s library is a branch of Gloucester County Library, which lends less per resident than 58% of systems its size
Gibbstown’s library is the Gibbstown Public Library, a branch of Gloucester County Library, which serves 114,460 people and lent 429K items last year.
What Gibbstown’s library is like
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
The Gloucester County Library system ran 3,786 programs last year, about 73 a week. That’s 33 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 9. People show up: 66,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 58% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 51% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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; Gibbstown’s library is a branch of Gloucester County Library, so they cover the whole system (114,460 people), not just the Gibbstown branch.
What’s behind Gibbstown’s civic life grade
Gibbstown 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 →
About 29 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Gloucester County Library serves 114,460 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 30 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Gloucester County Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
429K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
107,290 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Gibbstown Public Library, 411 Swedesboro Road, Gibbstown.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Gloucester County Library branch.
New in Gibbstown? 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 $1.04 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Gibbstown cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $6.6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $6.6M 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 70,719 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulsboro | Gill Memorial Library | 0.3 | 30 | D |
| Gibbstown | Gibbstown Public Library | — | 53 | — graded as part of its town |
| Greenwich Township | Gibbstown Public Library | — | 53 | 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.
- System-wide. Gibbstown Public Library is one branch of Gloucester County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 114,460 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 Gibbstown
Does Gibbstown have a public library?
Yes: Gibbstown Public Library, 411 Swedesboro Road, is a branch of Gloucester County Library, which serves 114,460 people. The branch is open about 53 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Gloucester County 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 Gibbstown’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 3.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Gibbstown’s civic life grade?
Gibbstown 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 Gibbstown.
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.