Photo: Smallbones · Public domainVineland’s library lends 1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Vineland Public Library serves Vineland’s 60,780 residents. Last year it lent 61K print books and media and logged 94K visits.
The short version on Vineland’s library
Programs lean toward adults
62% of the 845 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 214 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Vineland Public Library holds 113,000 books and other items, but the average item went out about once every two years 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 Vineland’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Vineland is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns, #392 of 466 in New Jersey. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Vineland’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($51K–$85K) 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 →
190 community nonprofits are registered in Vineland
3.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (95 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.
4.5%
4.5% of Vineland’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 Vineland’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Vineland Public Library serves 60,780 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 22 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
61K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 113K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.5 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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 Vineland last year.
Find it
Vineland Public Library, 1058 E. Landis Avenue, Vineland.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Vineland? 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 Vineland cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.6M 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 17,847 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+ |
| Pittsgrove Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
| Maurice River Township | None of its own | — | — | — too few inputs |
| Deerfield Township | 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.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Vineland
Does Vineland have a public library?
Yes. Vineland Public Library, 1058 E. Landis Avenue, serves Vineland’s 60,780 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 53 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Vineland 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 Vineland’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 1.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Vineland’s civic life grade?
D Vineland is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on civic life, #392 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 Vineland.
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.