Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5Millville’s library runs 29 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Millville Public Library serves Millville’s 27,491 residents. Last year it lent 23K books, movies and e-books and logged 48K visits.
The short version on Millville’s library
People visit, but borrow less than most
Millville Public Library lends 0.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, fewer than 95% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. What people borrow ↓
Programs lean toward adults
54% of the 802 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 184 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Millville Public Library holds 46,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once last year. 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.
What’s behind Millville’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Millville is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns, #275 of 466 in New Jersey. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($53K–$88K) 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 →
93 community nonprofits are registered in Millville
3.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (34 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 4 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.6%
8.6% of Millville’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 Millville’s residents live; 2022.
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 Millville last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Millville Public Library serves 27,491 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
23K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 46K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
7,460 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Millville Public Library, 210 Buck Street, Millville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Millville? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Millville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $711K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $459K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $711K 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 20,241 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vineland | Vineland Public Library | 1.0 | 53 | D |
| Millville | Millville Public Library fine-free | 0.8 | 52 | C+ |
| Lawrence Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Deerfield Township | None of its own | — | — | D− |
| Commercial Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Maurice River Township | None of its own | — | — | — too few inputs |
| Downe Township | None of its own | — | — | — too few inputs |
| Laurel Lake | 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 Millville
Does Millville have a public library?
Yes. Millville Public Library, 210 Buck Street, serves Millville’s 27,491 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 52 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Millville 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 Millville’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 0.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Millville’s civic life grade?
C+ Millville is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns on civic life, #275 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 Millville.
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.