Photo: Ton2cats · CC BY-SA 3.0Woodbury’s library logs 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Woodbury Public Library serves Woodbury’s 9,963 residents. Last year it lent 20K books, movies and e-books and logged 13K visits.
The short version on Woodbury’s library
Woodbury Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Woodbury Public Library records 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 1.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
71% of the 286 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.3 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Woodbury Public Library holds 55,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once 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 Woodbury’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Woodbury is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns, #374 of 466 in New Jersey. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Woodbury’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Woodbury’s 2024 visits are an estimate from one typical week (the survey’s method for libraries that don’t count every visit).
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($58K–$96K) 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 →
31 community nonprofits are registered in Woodbury
3.1 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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.2%
6.2% of Woodbury’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 Woodbury’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Woodbury Public Library serves 9,963 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
20K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 55K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
3,097 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. 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 Woodbury last year.
Find it
Woodbury Public Library, 33 Delaware Street, Woodbury.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Woodbury? 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 Woodbury cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $396K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $333K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $396K 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 3,338 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Woodbury ranks 3rd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Deptford Township | West Deptford Public Library | 2.4 | 52 | C− |
| Deptford Township | James H. Johnson Memorial Library | 2.3 | 53 | C− |
| Woodbury | Woodbury Public Library fine-free | 2.1 | 45 | C− |
| Woodbury Heights | None of its own | — | — | B− |
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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Woodbury Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Woodbury
Does Woodbury have a public library?
Yes. Woodbury Public Library, 33 Delaware Street, serves Woodbury’s 9,963 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 45 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Woodbury 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 Woodbury’s library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 2.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Woodbury’s civic life grade?
C− Woodbury is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns on civic life, #374 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 Woodbury.
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.