Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Willingboro Township’s library lends 1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Willingboro Public Library serves Willingboro Township’s 31,889 residents. Last year it lent 38K books, movies and e-books and logged 56K visits.
The short version on Willingboro Township’s library
Every town next door borrows more
Willingboro Township’s library lends 1.2 items per resident. Each of the three neighboring towns with a library of its own lends more, led by Moorestown Township at 12. Libraries next door ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Willingboro Public Library lends 1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, fewer than 89% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. What people borrow ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Willingboro Public Library holds 100,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once last year. What people borrow ↓
80% of Willingboro Township carry a library card
25,382 cards for 31,889 people, or 80%. At the typical library serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, it’s 39%. How it compares ↓
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 Willingboro Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Willingboro Township is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns, #365 of 466 in New Jersey. Willingboro 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 ($74K–$123K) 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 →
130 community nonprofits are registered in Willingboro Township
4.1 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 (73 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 12 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
3.1%
3.1% of Willingboro 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 Willingboro Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Willingboro Public Library serves 31,889 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 14 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
38K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 100K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
6,083 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 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 Willingboro Township last year.
Find it
Willingboro Public Library, 220 Willingboro Parkway, Willingboro.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Willingboro Township? 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 Willingboro Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $754K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.3M budget.
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 25,382 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Willingboro Township ranks 4th of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorestown Township | Moorestown Library fine-free | 12.4 | 65 | A |
| Mount Laurel Township | Mount Laurel Free Public Library fine-free | 9.3 | 68 | C+ |
| Delanco Township | Delanco Public Libary fine-free | 2.6 | 31 | D− |
| Willingboro Township | Willingboro Public Library | 1.2 | 60 | C− |
| Westampton Township | Burlington County Library fine-free | — | 68 | B− |
| Burlington Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Delran Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Edgewater Park 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.
- 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 Willingboro Township
Does Willingboro Township have a public library?
Yes. Willingboro Public Library, 220 Willingboro Parkway, serves Willingboro Township’s 31,889 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 60 hours a week, averaged over the year.
How busy is Willingboro Township’s library?
It logged 1.7 visits and lent 1.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Willingboro Township’s civic life grade?
C− Willingboro Township is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns on civic life, #365 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 Willingboro 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.