Photo: Goldfishbutt · Public domainMillburn Township’s library lends 16 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Millburn Free Public Library serves Millburn Township’s 21,710 residents. Last year it lent 427K books, movies and e-books and logged 227K visits.
What Millburn Township’s library is like
Millburn Township ranks 2nd in New Jersey for borrowing
Out of 234 New Jersey towns with a library of their own, Millburn Township comes 2nd for items borrowed per resident. It’s also #5 for kids’ borrowing and #18 for library use. How it compares ↓
Millburn Township uses its library more than almost any town its size
Millburn Free Public Library logs 10 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, and lends 16 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 97% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
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 99% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 34 items per child in Millburn Township last year. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3.7 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.1, higher than at 93% of similar-size libraries. It’s 19% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
Millburn Free Public Library ran 1,286 programs last year, about 25 a week. That’s 59 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 30,000 attended. 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 Millburn Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Millburn Township is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns, #101 of 466 in New Jersey. Library visits hold the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
147 community nonprofits are registered in Millburn Township
6.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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 (18 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 11 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.6%
5.6% of Millburn 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 Millburn Township’s residents live; 2022.
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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Millburn Township last year.
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.
Millburn Free Public Library serves 21,710 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 131 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
427K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 75K books and other items on the shelves went out about 4.6 times last year, on average.
81,048 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Millburn Free Public Library, 200 Glen Avenue, Millburn.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Millburn 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 $1.90 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Millburn Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $3.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.4M 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 13,026 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Millburn Township borrows the most per resident of the 10 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millburn Township | Millburn Free Public Library fine-free | 19.7 | 63 | A− |
| Chatham | Chatham Joint Free Public Library fine-free | 19.3 | 59 | A |
| Livingston Township | Livingston Free Public Library fine-free | 15.5 | 60 | A |
| Summit | Summit Free Public Library fine-free | 13.2 | 64 | A |
| Florham Park | Florham Park Free Public Library | 12.1 | 61 | A− |
| Maplewood Township | Maplewood Memorial Library | 7.3 | 50 | A− |
| Springfield Township | Springfield Free Pub. Lib. | 6.1 | 56 | B+ |
| West Orange Township | West Orange Free Pub. Lib. fine-free | 4.8 | 60 | C+ |
| Vauxhall | Vauxhall Branch Library fine-free | 2.3 | 40 | — graded as part of its town |
| Union Township | Union Free Public Library fine-free | 2.3 | 57 | D |
| Short Hills | 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 Millburn Township
Does Millburn Township have a public library?
Yes. Millburn Free Public Library, 200 Glen Avenue, serves Millburn Township’s 21,710 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 63 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Millburn Free Public 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 Millburn Township’s library?
It logged 10.5 visits and lent 19.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Millburn Township’s civic life grade?
A− Millburn Township is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns on civic life, #101 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 Millburn 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.