Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Long Valley’s library runs 55 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Washington Twp Public Library/Morris serves 18,197 people in and around Long Valley. Last year it lent 165K books, movies and e-books and logged 67K visits.
Long Valley’s library, in brief
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
Washington Twp Public Library/Morris ran 1,000 programs last year, about 19 a week. That’s 55 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Washington Twp Public Library/Morris serves more than Long Valley
The library’s service area covers 18,197 people in and around Long Valley, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
56% of the 1,000 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 390 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 Long Valley’s civic life grade
Long Valley 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 8 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Washington Twp Public Library/Morris serves 18,197 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 57 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
165K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 47K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.6 times last year, on average.
43,678 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Wash. Twsp. Pub. Lib.(Long Valley), 37 E. Springtown Road, Long Valley.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Long Valley? 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 $2.39 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Long Valley cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.1M 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 8,408 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Long Valley
Does Long Valley have a public library?
Yes. Washington Twp Public Library/Morris, 37 E. Springtown Road, serves 18,197 people in and around Long Valley (the survey’s count) and is open about 56 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Washington Twp Public Library/Morris 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 Long Valley’s library?
It logged 3.7 visits and lent 9.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Long Valley’s civic life grade?
Long Valley 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 Long Valley.
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.