Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Akwesasne’s library lends 1.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Akwesasne Cultural Center, Inc. serves 3,663 people in and around Akwesasne. Last year it lent 4,965 books, movies and e-books and logged 8,902 visits.
The short version on Akwesasne’s library
Well funded, but lightly used
Akwesasne Cultural Center, Inc. spends $98 per resident, more than 90% of similar-size libraries. Use doesn’t match: visits per resident are lower than at 59% of them. What your card is worth ↓
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Akwesasne Cultural Center, Inc. sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on three. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
25% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 0%. What your card is worth ↓
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; Akwesasne Cultural Center, Inc. serves 3,663 people in and around Akwesasne, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Akwesasne’s civic life grade
Akwesasne 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 →
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Akwesasne cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $360K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $92K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $360K 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 1,345 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Akwesasne Cultural Center, Inc. serves 3,663 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Akwesasne Cultural Center, Inc. system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
4,965 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
675 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
109 programs a year
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
Akwesasne Cultural Center, Inc., 321 State Route 37, Akwesasne.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Akwesasne Cultural Center, Inc. branch.
New in Akwesasne? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massena | Massena Public Library fine-free | 3.9 | 42 | B |
| Akwesasne | Akwesasne Cultural Center, Inc. fine-free | — | 45 | — graded as part of its town |
| Fort Covington | 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.
- System-wide. Akwesasne Cultural Center, Inc. serves 3,663 people in and around Akwesasne, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Akwesasne.
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 Akwesasne
Does Akwesasne have a public library?
Yes. Akwesasne Cultural Center, Inc., 321 State Route 37, serves 3,663 people in and around Akwesasne (the survey’s count) and is open about 45 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Akwesasne Cultural Center, Inc. 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 Akwesasne’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 1.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Akwesasne’s civic life grade?
Akwesasne 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 Akwesasne.
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.