Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Claverack-Red Mills’ library runs 111 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Claverack Free Library and Reading Room Association serves 4,681 people in and around Claverack-Red Mills. Last year it lent 58K books, movies and e-books and logged 24K visits.
The short version on Claverack-Red Mills’s library
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
76% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 21%. What your card is worth ↓
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Claverack Free Library and Reading Room Association ran 518 programs last year, about 10 a week. That’s 111 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 6,870 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 4.6 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 96% of similar-size libraries. It’s 37% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
The library is a National Register landmark
Claverack Free Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1998. Today’s library there has 11,000 square feet. The building ↓
Claverack Free Library and Reading Room Association serves more than Claverack-Red Mills
The library’s service area covers 4,681 people in and around Claverack-Red Mills, 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.
What’s behind Claverack-Red Mills’ civic life grade
Claverack-Red Mills 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 4 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Claverack Free Library and Reading Room Association serves 4,681 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 34 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
58K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 20K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.9 times last year, on average.
21,569 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
A National Register landmark since 1998
Claverack Free Library and Reading Room Asso, 9 Route 9h, Claverack.
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 Claverack-Red Mills? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Claverack Free Library
Claverack Free Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jan 7, 1998. It is significant for its architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Colonial Revival. It was listed as part of Claverack MPS.
The Claverack Free Library is located on NY 23B near the center of the hamlet of Claverack-Red Mills, New York, United States. It is located in the renovated former A.B. Shaw Firehouse.
More about the building →For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $3.29 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Claverack-Red Mills cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $289K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $951K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $289K 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 2,342 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Claverack-Red Mills
Does Claverack-Red Mills have a public library?
Yes. Claverack Free Library and Reading Room Association, 9 Route 9h, serves 4,681 people in and around Claverack-Red Mills (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Claverack Free Library and Reading Room Association 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 Claverack-Red Mills’ library?
It logged 5.2 visits and lent 12.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Claverack-Red Mills’ civic life grade?
Claverack-Red Mills 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 Claverack-Red Mills.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.