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South County Regional Branch Library · part of Camden County Library

Winslow Township’s library is a branch of Camden County Library, which lends less per resident than 81% of systems its size

Winslow Township’s library is the South County Regional Branch Library, a branch of Camden County Library, which serves 324,221 people and lent 761K items last year.

35 Cooper Folly Road, Braddock 08037 · about 58 hours a week
DCivic lifeAhead of 8% of U.S. towns · #414 of 466 in New Jersey. Nonprofits and volunteering.
Borrowed a year
761K
2.3 per resident
Visits a year
471K
1.5 per resident · Below typical (2.1)
Programs & events
2,308
about 44 a week · 31K attended
Cardholders
33%
107,168 cards
Open
58 hrs
a week at this branch

What stands out about South County Regional Branch Library

Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.

Civic life grade

What’s behind Winslow Township’s civic life grade

On community nonprofits and volunteering, Winslow Township is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns, #414 of 466 in New Jersey. Winslow Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.

D
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Winslow Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (17,556)Ahead of 8%
FewerMore
New Jersey towns we grade (466)Ahead of 11%
U.S. towns with similar incomes, $74K–$124K (7,240)Ahead of 6%

Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($74K–$124K) 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.

How sure. Graded on two inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The volunteering share is a 2022 estimate from Facebook users aged 25–44.

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 →

Places to belong

61 community nonprofits are registered in Winslow Township

1.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.

Community nonprofits, by kind

Arts & culture20.05 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.24
Youth, sports & recreation120.30 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.52
Civic groups, clubs & veterans100.24 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.74
Human services160.40 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.59
Education80.21 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.43
Health40.11 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.16
Environment & animals30.08 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.17
Other40.11 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.47

Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (21 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 5 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.

Volunteering

5.8%

5.8% of Winslow 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 Winslow Township’s residents live; 2022.

How it compares

Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures

Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.

Visits per resident 1.5 visits · typical 2.1Lower than 75%
Borrowing per resident 1.7 print items · typical 3.2Lower than 81%
Digital borrowing 0.6 e-items · typical 1.4Lower than 78%
Kids’ borrowing 0.9 kids’ items · typical 1.6Lower than 78%
Program attendance 0.1 attendees · typical 0.2Lower than 89%
Programs offered 7.1 per 1,000 residents · typical 9Lower than 65%
Cardholders 33% of residents · typical 41%Lower than 67%
Spending $34 per resident · typical $36Lower than 54%
Fewer per residentMore per resident
Size group

Camden County Library serves 324,221 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.

A year at the library

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.

471K
visits
1.5 per resident
761K
loans, print + digital
2.3 per resident
2,308
programs & events
31K attended
107K
library cards
33% of people served
Every open hour34items borrowed
Every week600people at a program
Every day285Wi-Fi sessions
100 staff (full-time equivalent)231 public computers
What people borrow

More than half the print loans are kids’ books

761K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.

761Kloans
Books & media (adults) 36%Kids’ books & media 38%E-books, audio & streaming 26%
From your couch

199,777 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.

Kids & programs

About 19 kids’ programs a week

Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.

Schools in Winslow Township →

Programs last year by age group

Ages 0–5216
Ages 6–11760
Teens261
Adults964
All ages107
Little ones
4.2

story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.

286K
kids’ books & media borrowed
31K
people at programs
2,308
programs
The buildings

2 places to borrow in Winslow Township

South County Regional Branch Library, 35 Cooper Folly Road, Braddock.

58
hours open a week
21,500
square feet
With a card

No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Camden County Library branch.

New in Winslow Township? The Handbook →

Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.

Other Camden County Library branches in Winslow Township

What your card is worth

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 Winslow Township cardholder borrows.

In a month I’d use…
Books$17 each
1
Kids’ books$12 each
0
E-books & audio$15 each
0
Movies & music$4 each
0
Programs & classes$10 a program
0
Computer & Wi-Fi$3 a session
0
Your card saves you about
$204
a year at retail prices · $17 a month

Who pays for it
$34 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $11M.

Local taxes 97%State 2%Federal 1%

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.

Next door

Libraries next door

Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.

12+ loans per resident8–124–8Under 4No library / shared system
TownLibraryLoans per residentHoursCivic life
Monroe TownshipMonroe Township Free Public Library2.350C+
WilliamstownMonroe Township Free Public Library2.350— graded as part of its town
BerlinMarie Fleche Memorial Library fine-free2.047B
Waterford TownshipWaterford Twsp. Pub Lib. fine-free1.751C+
Winslow TownshipSouth County Regional Branch Library fine-free—58D
SicklervilleNone of its own——— graded as part of its town
ChesilhurstNone of its own——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).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.

  • System-wide. South County Regional 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 Winslow Township

Does Winslow Township have a public library?

Yes: South County Regional Branch Library, 35 Cooper Folly Road, 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 Winslow Township’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 Winslow Township’s civic life grade?

D Winslow Township is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns on civic life, #414 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 Winslow Township.

Town Square →
Start a conversation

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.