Rowe House · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainCohocton’s library runs 293 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Cohocton Public Library serves 1,340 people in and around Cohocton. Last year it lent 9,151 books, movies and e-books and logged 4,510 visits.
Cohocton’s library, in brief
Five times the programs of a typical library its size
Cohocton Public Library ran 393 programs last year, about 8 a week. That’s 293 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Cohocton Public Library spends $118 per resident a year, about twice the typical $54 for a library its size. Almost all of it (92%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
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; Cohocton Public Library serves 1,340 people in and around Cohocton, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Cohocton’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Cohocton is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns. All three inputs are above most U.S. towns; library visits rank 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 →
10 community nonprofits are registered in Cohocton
4.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.8%
8.8% of Cohocton’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 Cohocton’s residents live; 2022.
About 3 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 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Cohocton Public Library serves 1,340 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Cohocton Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
9,151 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
972 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
2 places to borrow in Cohocton
Cohocton Public Library, 8 Maple Avenue, Cohocton.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Cohocton Public Library branch.
New in Cohocton? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Cohocton Public Library branches in Cohocton
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.18 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Cohocton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $158K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $187K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $158K 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 561 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayland | Wayland Free Library fine-free | 4.0 | 39 | C |
| Prattsburgh | Prattsburgh Free Library fine-free | 3.4 | 31 | B+ |
| Howard | Howard Public Library fine-free | 3.3 | 22 | D |
| Avoca | Avoca Free Library fine-free | 2.6 | 34 | C− |
| Cohocton | Cohocton Public Library fine-free | — | 44 | B+ |
| Naples | Naples Library fine-free | — | 46 | 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. Cohocton Public Library serves 1,340 people in and around Cohocton, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Cohocton.
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 Cohocton
Does Cohocton have a public library?
Yes. Cohocton Public Library, 8 Maple Avenue, serves 1,340 people in and around Cohocton (the survey’s count) and is open about 44 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cohocton Public 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 Cohocton’s library?
It logged 3.4 visits and lent 6.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Cohocton’s civic life grade?
B+ Cohocton is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Cohocton.
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.