East Main-Mechanic Streets Historic District · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainConcord’s library lends 7.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Hulbert Library of the Town of Concord serves Concord’s 8,316 residents. Last year it lent 61K print books and media and logged 31K visits.
What stands out about Concord’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Concord’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Concord is ahead of 45% of U.S. towns, #404 of 751 in New York. Concord’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
36 community nonprofits are registered in Concord
4.3 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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.1%
6.1% of Concord’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 Concord’s residents live; 2022.
Books and media off the shelf
61K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 25K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.4 times last year, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Hulbert Library of the Town of Concord serves 8,316 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 33 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 2 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Concord last year.
Find it
Town of Concord Public Library, 18 Chapel Street, Springville.
No late fees. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Concord? 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 $4.19 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Concord cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $234K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $978K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $234K 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 4,506 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Concord ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins | Town of Collins Public Library fine-free | 9.8 | 44 | B− |
| Concord | Town of Concord Public Library fine-free | 7.4 | 36 | B− |
| North Collins | Town of North Collins Public Library fine-free | 5.7 | 30 | C |
| Boston | Boston Free Library fine-free | — | 33 | B− |
| Ashford | None of its own | — | — | D |
| East Otto | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Colden | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Sardinia | None of its own | — | — | C |
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.
- Digital loans not reported. New York libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Concord
Does Concord have a public library?
Yes. Hulbert Library of the Town of Concord, 18 Chapel Street, serves Concord’s 8,316 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hulbert Library of the Town of Concord fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Concord’s library?
It logged 3.8 visits and lent 7.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Concord’s civic life grade?
B− Concord is ahead of 45% of U.S. towns on civic life, #404 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 Concord.
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.