Photo: Apc106 · CC BY-SA 3.0Moorestown Township’s library lends 10 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Moorestown Library serves Moorestown Township’s 21,355 residents. Last year it lent 265K books, movies and e-books and logged 125K visits.
The short version on Moorestown Township’s library
Moorestown Township uses its library more than almost any town its size
Moorestown Library logs 5.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, and lends 10 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 85% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 54% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 92% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 22 items per child in Moorestown Township last year. Kids & programs ↓
Moorestown Township out-borrows every town next door
At 12.4 loans per resident, Moorestown Township leads the four towns here. The closest is Moorestown-Lenola, at 12.4. Libraries next door ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
Moorestown Library ran 1,183 programs last year, about 23 a week. That’s 55 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 23,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Open about 65 hours a week
Moorestown Library is open about 65 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 79 items go out. The building ↓
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 Moorestown Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Moorestown Township is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns, #57 of 466 in New Jersey. All three inputs are above most U.S. towns; Moorestown Township’s count of community nonprofits ranks 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 →
155 community nonprofits are registered in Moorestown Township
7.2 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 (19 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.
8.1%
8.1% of Moorestown 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 Moorestown Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 11 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 Moorestown Township last year.
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.
Moorestown Library serves 21,355 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 79 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
265K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 92K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.4 times last year, on average.
41,528 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Moorestown Library, 111 W. Second Street, Moorestown.
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 Moorestown 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 $2.21 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Moorestown Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.8M 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 7,668 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Moorestown Township 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorestown Township | Moorestown Library fine-free | 12.4 | 65 | A |
| Moorestown-Lenola | Moorestown Library fine-free | 12.4 | 65 | — graded as part of its town |
| Mount Laurel Township | Mount Laurel Free Public Library fine-free | 9.3 | 68 | C+ |
| Willingboro Township | Willingboro Public Library | 1.2 | 60 | C− |
| Maple Shade Township | Maple Shade Branch fine-free | — | 53 | C |
| Cinnaminson Township | Cinnaminson Branch Library fine-free | — | 55 | B− |
| Delran Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
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 Moorestown Township
Does Moorestown Township have a public library?
Yes. Moorestown Library, 111 W. Second Street, serves Moorestown Township’s 21,355 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 65 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Moorestown 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 Moorestown Township’s library?
It logged 5.9 visits and lent 12.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Moorestown Township’s civic life grade?
A Moorestown Township is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns on civic life, #57 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 Moorestown 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.