Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Pequannock Township’s library logs 8.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Pequannock Township Public Library serves Pequannock Township’s 15,571 residents. Last year it lent 123K books, movies and e-books and logged 139K visits.
What Pequannock Township’s library is like
People come to Pequannock Township Public Library a lot
Pequannock Township Public Library logs 8.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, more than 95% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 6.3 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
Pequannock Township Public Library ran 1,010 programs last year, about 19 a week. That’s 65 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. 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 Pequannock Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Pequannock Township is ahead of 93% of U.S. towns, #14 of 466 in New Jersey. All three inputs are above most U.S. towns; library visits rank 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 →
80 community nonprofits are registered in Pequannock Township
5.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (11 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.
11.0%
11.0% of Pequannock 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 Pequannock Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 10 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 Pequannock 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.
Pequannock Township Public Library serves 15,571 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 44 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
123K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 72K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.4 time last year, on average.
25,079 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Pequannock Twsp. Pub. Lib., 477 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Pequannock 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 $1.94 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pequannock Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $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 11,202 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Pequannock Township ranks 2nd of 7 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinnelon | Kinnelon Public Library | 9.5 | 51 | A− |
| Pequannock Township | Pequannock Twsp. Pub. Lib. | 7.9 | 53 | A |
| Pompton Plains | Pequannock Twsp. Pub. Lib. | 7.9 | 53 | — graded as part of its town |
| Wayne Township | Wayne Public Library fine-free | 6.5 | 67 | B+ |
| Riverdale | Riverdale Public Library | 5.4 | 50 | B− |
| Lincoln Park | Lincoln Park Public Library | 4.7 | 52 | C− |
| Pompton Lakes | Emanuel Einstein Pub. Lib. | 4.2 | 53 | 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 Pequannock Township
Does Pequannock Township have a public library?
Yes. Pequannock Township Public Library, 477 Newark Pompton Turnpike, serves Pequannock Township’s 15,571 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 53 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Pequannock Township Public Library 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 Pequannock Township’s library?
It logged 8.9 visits and lent 7.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Pequannock Township’s civic life grade?
A Pequannock Township is ahead of 93% of U.S. towns on civic life, #14 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 Pequannock 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.