Photo: RMWatson72 · CC BY-SA 3.0Westmont’s library is a branch of Camden County Library, which lends less per resident than 81% of systems its size
Westmont’s library is the Haddon Township Branch Library, a branch of Camden County Library, which serves 324,221 people and lent 761K items last year.
What stands out about Haddon Township Branch Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Westmont’s civic life grade
Westmont isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Camden County Library serves 324,221 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 34 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Camden County Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
761K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
199,777 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 19 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Haddon Township Branch Library, 15 Macarthur Blvd., Westmont.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Camden County Library branch.
New in Westmont? 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 $1.08 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Westmont cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $11M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $12M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $11M 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 107,168 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haddonfield | Haddonfield Public Library | 9.4 | 53 | A+ |
| Cherry Hill Township | Cherry Hill Free Public Library | 4.5 | 55 | C+ |
| Collingswood | Collingswood Free Public Library fine-free | 4.4 | 54 | A+ |
| Audubon | Audubon Free Public Library fine-free | 3.8 | 41 | B |
| Westmont | Haddon Township Branch Library fine-free | — | 58 | — graded as part of its town |
| Haddon Township | Haddon Township Branch Library fine-free | — | 58 | B− |
| Oaklyn | Oaklyn Memorial Library | — | — | B− |
| Golden Triangle | 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.
- System-wide. Haddon Township Branch Library is one branch of Camden County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 324,221 people it serves.
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 Westmont
Does Westmont have a public library?
Yes: Haddon Township Branch Library, 15 Macarthur Blvd., is a branch of Camden County Library, which serves 324,221 people. The branch is open about 58 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Camden County 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 Westmont’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 2.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Westmont’s civic life grade?
Westmont isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Westmont.
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.