Photo: Buell, A. B. -- Photographer · Public domainChateaugay’s library logs 0.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Chateaugay Memorial Library serves 3,037 people in and around Chateaugay. Last year it lent 1,680 print books and media and logged 2,452 visits.
Chateaugay’s library, in brief
Chateaugay Memorial Library is used less than most libraries its size
Chateaugay Memorial Library records 0.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $19 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Chateaugay Memorial Library offered 17 programs last year, 5.6 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. 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; Chateaugay Memorial Library serves 3,037 people in and around Chateaugay, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Chateaugay’s civic life grade
Chateaugay 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 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Chateaugay Memorial Library serves 3,037 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Chateaugay Memorial Library system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
1,680 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
17 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
Chateaugay Memorial Library, 4 John Street, Chateaugay.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Chateaugay Memorial Library branch.
New in Chateaugay? 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 Chateaugay cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $58K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $33K 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 942 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.
- System-wide. Chateaugay Memorial Library serves 3,037 people in and around Chateaugay, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Chateaugay.
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 Chateaugay
Does Chateaugay have a public library?
Yes. Chateaugay Memorial Library, 4 John Street, serves 3,037 people in and around Chateaugay (the survey’s count) and is open about 25 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Chateaugay Memorial 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 Chateaugay’s library?
It logged 0.8 visits and lent 0.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Chateaugay’s civic life grade?
Chateaugay 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 Chateaugay.
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.