Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 2.0Chappaqua’s library logs 7.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Chappaqua Central Sch Dist P L serves 16,829 people in and around Chappaqua. Last year it lent 292K books, movies and e-books and logged 130K visits.
Chappaqua’s library, in brief
One of the busiest library systems its size
Chappaqua Central Sch Dist P L logs 7.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, and lends 11 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 93% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 59% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 95% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 6.2 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.1, higher than at 98% of similar-size libraries. It’s 36% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
A well-funded system
Chappaqua Central Sch Dist P L spends $208 per resident a year, about five times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (94%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
Chappaqua Central Sch Dist P L ran 939 programs last year, about 18 a week. That’s 56 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 27,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
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; Chappaqua Central Sch Dist P L serves 16,829 people in and around Chappaqua, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Chappaqua’s civic life grade
Chappaqua 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 →
About 11 kids’ programs a week
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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Chappaqua Central Sch Dist P L serves 16,829 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 89 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Chappaqua Central Sch Dist P L system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
292K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
104,312 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Chappaqua Central School District Public Library, 195 South Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Chappaqua Central Sch Dist P L branch.
New in Chappaqua? 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 $1.30 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Chappaqua cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $3.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.5M budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 9,105 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | Mount Pleasant Public Library fine-free | 7.6 | 53 | B+ |
| Chappaqua | Chappaqua Central School District Public Library | — | 63 | — graded as part of its town |
| New Castle | Chappaqua Central School District Public Library | — | 63 | A− |
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. Chappaqua Central Sch Dist P L serves 16,829 people in and around Chappaqua, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Chappaqua.
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 Chappaqua
Does Chappaqua have a public library?
Yes. Chappaqua Central Sch Dist P L, 195 South Greeley Avenue, serves 16,829 people in and around Chappaqua (the survey’s count) and is open about 63 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Chappaqua Central Sch Dist P L fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Chappaqua’s library?
It logged 7.7 visits and lent 17.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Chappaqua’s civic life grade?
Chappaqua 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 Chappaqua.
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.