Cassadaga’s library logs 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Mary E. Seymour Memorial Free Library serves 2,044 people in and around Cassadaga. Last year it lent 4,290 print books and media and logged 2,732 visits.
The short version on Cassadaga’s library
A small-town library
Mary E. Seymour Memorial Free Library serves 2,044 residents with about one full-time staff. 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 ↓
Open only about 22 hours a week
Mary E. Seymour Memorial Free Library keeps short hours: about 22 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Most programs are for young children
75% of the 119 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.2 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
25% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 74%. What your card is worth ↓
Mary E. Seymour Memorial Free Library serves more than Cassadaga
The library’s service area covers 2,044 people in and around Cassadaga, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Cassadaga’s civic life grade
Cassadaga 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Mary E. Seymour Memorial Free Library serves 2,044 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
4,290 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 23K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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.
Find it
Cassadaga Branch Library, 18 Maple Avenue, Cassadaga.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Cassadaga? 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 $1.31 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Cassadaga cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $58K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $76K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $58K 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 851 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Cassadaga
Does Cassadaga have a public library?
Yes. Mary E. Seymour Memorial Free Library, 18 Maple Avenue, serves 2,044 people in and around Cassadaga (the survey’s count) and is open about 22 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mary E. Seymour Memorial Free 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 Cassadaga’s library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 2.1 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Cassadaga’s civic life grade?
Cassadaga 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 Cassadaga.
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.