Photo: Redjockey · CC BY 3.0Parsippany-Troy Hills Township’s library runs 23 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Parsippany-Troy Hills Public Library serves Parsippany-Troy Hills Township’s 56,162 residents from 3 locations. Last year it lent 404K books, movies and e-books and logged 212K visits.
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township’s library, in brief
Above typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, Parsippany-Troy Hills Public Library is above the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, with four in the top 30%. No single number stands out, and none lags far behind. How it compares ↓
Open about 66 hours a week
The main library is open about 66 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 53 items go out. The buildings ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 60% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 78% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Three places to borrow in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
Parsippany-Troy Hills Public Library runs three locations, and one card works at all of them. The buildings ↓
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 Parsippany-Troy Hills Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township is ahead of 40% of U.S. towns, #256 of 466 in New Jersey. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($84K–$140K) 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 →
236 community nonprofits are registered in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
4.2 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 (44 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 10 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.4%
5.4% of Parsippany-Troy Hills 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 Parsippany-Troy Hills Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Parsippany-Troy Hills Public Library serves 56,162 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 53 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
404K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 139K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.3 times last year, on average.
82,816 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 12 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 Parsippany-Troy Hills Township last year.
3 places to borrow in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
Parsippany-Troy Hills P.L., 449 Halsey Road, Parsippany.
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 Parsippany-Troy Hills Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.67 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Parsippany-Troy Hills Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.7M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.7M 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 22,673 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township ranks 4th of 8 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Lakes | Mountain Lakes Free Public Library fine-free | 11.9 | 53 | A |
| Montville Township | Montville Twsp. Pub. Lib. | 9.4 | 57 | B |
| Morris Plains | Morris Plains Library | 8.1 | 41 | C+ |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | Parsippany-Troy Hills P.L. fine-free | 7.2 | 66 | C+ |
| Lake Hiawatha | Lake Hiawatha Branch fine-free | 7.2 | 58 | — graded as part of its town |
| East Hanover Township | East Hanover Twsp. Public Library | 4.6 | 65 | B− |
| Hanover Township | Whippanong Lib/Hanover Twsp. | 4.1 | 47 | B− |
| Boonton | The Holmes Library | 3.8 | 55 | B |
| Pine Brook | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Morris Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Parsippany | 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 Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
Does Parsippany-Troy Hills Township have a public library?
Yes. Parsippany-Troy Hills Public Library, 449 Halsey Road, serves Parsippany-Troy Hills Township’s 56,162 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 66 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Parsippany-Troy Hills 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 Parsippany-Troy Hills Township’s library?
It logged 3.8 visits and lent 7.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Parsippany-Troy Hills Township’s civic life grade?
C+ Parsippany-Troy Hills Township is ahead of 40% of U.S. towns on civic life, #256 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 Parsippany-Troy Hills 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.