Dr. Abner Benton House · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Antwerp’s library lends 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Crosby Public Library serves Antwerp’s 1,683 residents. Last year it lent 1,883 print books and media and logged 2,966 visits.
The short version on Antwerp’s library
Every town next door borrows more
Antwerp’s library lends 1.1 items per resident. Each of the three neighboring towns with a library of its own lends more, led by Wilna at 5.4. Libraries next door ↓
Crosby Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Crosby Public Library records 1.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $27 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Crosby Public Library serves 1,683 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 23 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 14% of the people Crosby Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
A place to get online
Crosby Public Library logs about 61 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 18 public computers. That’s 13 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Antwerp’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Antwerp is ahead of 45% of U.S. towns. Antwerp’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($56K–$93K) 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 →
10 community nonprofits are registered in Antwerp
5.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (0 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.2%
7.2% of Antwerp’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.4% in the typical New York 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 Antwerp’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Crosby Public Library serves 1,683 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
1,883 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 4,720 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
53 programs a year
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 Antwerp last year.
Find it
Crosby Public Library, 59 Main Street, Antwerp.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Antwerp? 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 $2.19 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Antwerp cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $46K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $102K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $46K 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 233 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Antwerp ranks 4th of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilna | Carthage Free Library fine-free | 5.4 | 46 | C+ |
| Theresa | Theresa Free Library fine-free | 1.8 | 25 | B− |
| Philadelphia | Bodman Memorial Library fine-free | 1.2 | 23 | A |
| Antwerp | Crosby Public Library fine-free | 1.1 | 23 | C+ |
| Diana | Harrisville Free Library fine-free | — | 40 | B− |
| Rossie | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Fowler | None 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).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. New York libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Antwerp
Does Antwerp have a public library?
Yes. Crosby Public Library, 59 Main Street, serves Antwerp’s 1,683 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 23 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Crosby 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 Antwerp’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 1.1 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Antwerp’s civic life grade?
C+ Antwerp is ahead of 45% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Antwerp.
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.