Chew-Powell House · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Gloucester Township’s library is a branch of Camden County Library, which lends less per resident than 81% of systems its size
Gloucester Township’s library is the Gloucester Township Branch Library, a branch of Camden County Library, which serves 324,221 people and lent 761K items last year.
What stands out about Gloucester Township Branch Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Gloucester Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Gloucester Township is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns, #393 of 466 in New Jersey. Gloucester Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Gloucester Township’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($76K–$126K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
155 community nonprofits are registered in Gloucester Township
2.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (40 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 8 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.5%
5.5% of Gloucester 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 Gloucester Township’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Camden County Library serves 324,221 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 34 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Camden County Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
761K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
199,777 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 19 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
Gloucester Township Branch Library, 1650 Blackwood-Clementon Rd., Blackwood.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Camden County Library branch.
New in Gloucester Township? 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 $1.08 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Gloucester Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $11M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $12M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $11M 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 107,168 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford | Stratford Public Library | 5.0 | 20 | C+ |
| Washington Township | Margaret E Heggan Public Library | 4.9 | 62 | C− |
| Deptford Township | James H. Johnson Memorial Library | 2.3 | 53 | C− |
| Gloucester Township | Gloucester Township Branch Library fine-free | — | 58 | D |
| Runnemede | Runnemede Public Library | — | — | C |
| Sicklerville | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Pine Hill | None of its own | — | — | D− |
| Glendora | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Lindenwold | None of its own | — | — | D− |
| Grenloch | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Turnersville | 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.
- System-wide. Gloucester Township Branch Library is one branch of Camden County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 324,221 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 Gloucester Township
Does Gloucester Township have a public library?
Yes: Gloucester Township Branch Library, 1650 Blackwood-Clementon Rd., is a branch of Camden County Library, which serves 324,221 people. The branch is open about 58 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Camden County 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 Gloucester Township’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 2.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Gloucester Township’s civic life grade?
D Gloucester Township is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on civic life, #393 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 Gloucester 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.