Photo: Cashcow at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Haddonfield’s library logs 8.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Haddonfield Public Library serves Haddonfield’s 12,550 residents. Last year it lent 118K books, movies and e-books and logged 112K visits.
Haddonfield’s library, in brief
Haddonfield out-borrows every town next door
At 9.4 loans per resident, Haddonfield leads the four towns here. The closest is Cherry Hill Township, at 4.5. Libraries next door ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 66% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 90% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 16 items per child in Haddonfield last year. Kids & programs ↓
People come to Haddonfield Public Library a lot
Haddonfield Public Library logs 8.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, more than 95% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 7.8 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Still charges late fines, unlike its neighbors
Haddonfield Public Library charges late fines on some overdue items. Three of the five libraries in neighboring towns have dropped them. What your card is worth ↓
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 Haddonfield’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Haddonfield is ahead of 97% of U.S. towns, #1 of 466 in New Jersey. All three inputs are above most U.S. towns; library visits rank highest.
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 →
107 community nonprofits are registered in Haddonfield
8.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (22 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 6 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
10.8%
10.8% of Haddonfield’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 Haddonfield’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 43 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Haddonfield Public Library serves 12,550 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
118K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 51K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.9 times last year, on average.
20,058 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 4 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Haddonfield last year.
Find it
Haddonfield Public Library, 60 N. Haddon Avenue, Haddonfield.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Haddonfield? 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 $1.80 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Haddonfield cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $977K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $977K 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 4,824 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Haddonfield borrows the most per resident of the 4 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haddonfield | Haddonfield Public Library | 9.4 | 53 | A+ |
| Cherry Hill Township | Cherry Hill Free Public Library | 4.5 | 55 | C+ |
| Audubon | Audubon Free Public Library fine-free | 3.8 | 41 | B |
| Haddon Heights | Haddon Heights Public Library | 3.4 | 54 | B− |
| Westmont | Haddon Township Branch Library fine-free | — | 58 | — graded as part of its town |
| Haddon Township | Haddon Township Branch Library fine-free | — | 58 | B− |
| Ashland | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Tavistock | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Barrington | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Golden Triangle | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Lawnside | None of its own | — | — | B− |
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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Haddonfield Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Haddonfield
Does Haddonfield have a public library?
Yes. Haddonfield Public Library, 60 N. Haddon Avenue, serves Haddonfield’s 12,550 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 53 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Haddonfield 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 Haddonfield’s library?
It logged 8.9 visits and lent 9.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Haddonfield’s civic life grade?
A+ Haddonfield is ahead of 97% of U.S. towns on civic life, #1 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 Haddonfield.
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.