Cobleskill’s library runs 33 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
The Community Library serves 13,176 people in and around Cobleskill. Last year it lent 27K print books and media and logged 21K visits.
What stands out about The Community Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Cobleskill’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Cobleskill is ahead of 91% of U.S. towns, #59 of 751 in New York. Cobleskill is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Cobleskill’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
46 community nonprofits are registered in Cobleskill
9.8 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 (11 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.8%
8.8% of Cobleskill’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 Cobleskill’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
The Community Library serves 13,176 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 14 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole The Community Library system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
27K 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.
About 4 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.
Find it
The Community Library, 110 Union Street, Cobleskill.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every The Community Library branch.
New in Cobleskill? 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 $1.28 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Cobleskill cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $363K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $464K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $363K 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 3,866 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. The Community Library serves 13,176 people in and around Cobleskill, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Cobleskill.
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 Cobleskill
Does Cobleskill have a public library?
Yes. The Community Library, 110 Union Street, serves 13,176 people in and around Cobleskill (the survey’s count) and is open about 37 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is The Community 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 Cobleskill’s library?
It logged 1.6 visits and lent 2.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Cobleskill’s civic life grade?
A Cobleskill is ahead of 91% of U.S. towns on civic life, #59 of 751 in New York. 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 Cobleskill.
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.