Photo: Lalmeister · CC BY-SA 3.0Randolph Township’s library lends 6.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Randolph Township Free Public Library serves Randolph Township’s 26,504 residents. Last year it lent 241K books, movies and e-books and logged 99K visits.
What Randolph Township’s library is like
Above typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, Randolph Township Free Public Library is above the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, with five in the top 30%. No single number stands out, and none lags far behind. How it compares ↓
Randolph Township out-borrows every town next door
At 9.1 loans per resident, Randolph Township leads the six towns here. The closest is Rockaway Township, at 7.2. Libraries next door ↓
Most programs are for young children
79% of the 458 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 4.2 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Open about 64 hours a week
Randolph Township Free Public Library is open about 64 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 73 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 Randolph Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Randolph Township is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns, #290 of 466 in New Jersey. Library visits hold the grade up; Randolph Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($131K–$219K) 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 →
74 community nonprofits are registered in Randolph Township
2.8 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 (14 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
6.5%
6.5% of Randolph 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 Randolph Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 7 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 Randolph Township last year.
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.
Randolph Township Free Public Library serves 26,504 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 73 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
241K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 111K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.6 times last year, on average.
60,365 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Randolph Twsp. Free Pub. Lib., 28 Calais Road, Randolph.
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 Randolph 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 $2.47 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Randolph Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.5M 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 10,670 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Randolph Township borrows the most per resident of the 6 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph Township | Randolph Twsp. Free Pub. Lib. fine-free | 9.1 | 64 | C |
| Rockaway Township | Rockaway Twsp. Pub. Lib. | 7.2 | 62 | C |
| Succasunna | Roxbury Public Library fine-free | 6.5 | 57 | — graded as part of its town |
| Roxbury Township | Roxbury Public Library fine-free | 6.5 | 57 | B |
| Mendham Township | Mendham Township Library | 5.9 | 48 | B+ |
| Dover | Dover Free Public Library | 1.2 | 52 | D |
| Chester Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Mine Hill Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Victory Gardens | None of its own | — | — | D− |
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 Randolph Township
Does Randolph Township have a public library?
Yes. Randolph Township Free Public Library, 28 Calais Road, serves Randolph Township’s 26,504 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 64 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Randolph Township 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 Randolph Township’s library?
It logged 3.7 visits and lent 9.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Randolph Township’s civic life grade?
C Randolph Township is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns on civic life, #290 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 Randolph 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.