Cragsmoor’s library runs 182 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Cragsmoor Free Library serves Cragsmoor’s 433 residents. Last year it lent 2,029 print books and media and logged 2,639 visits.
What Cragsmoor’s library is like
A small-town library
Cragsmoor Free Library serves 433 residents with about 2 full-time staff, open about 23 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
31% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 68%. What your card is worth ↓
Cragsmoor invests in its library
Cragsmoor Free Library spends $330 per resident a year, about six times the typical $54 for a library its size. What your card is worth ↓
Programs draw a crowd
1,174 people came to the library’s 79 programs last year: 2.7 per resident, against a typical 0.7, more than at 91% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
92% of the 79 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 2 were for children. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Cragsmoor’s civic life grade
Cragsmoor 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 →
79 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Cragsmoor last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Cragsmoor Free Library serves 433 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
2,029 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 6,303 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Cragsmoor Free Library, 355 Cragsmoor Road, Cragsmoor.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Cragsmoor? 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 Cragsmoor cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $143K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $47K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $143K 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 226 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cragsmoor | Cragsmoor Free Library fine-free | 4.7 | 23 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Shawangunk | Wallkill Public Library fine-free | 3.4 | 50 | C |
| Ellenville | Ellenville Public Library & Museum fine-free | — | 54 | B |
| Wawarsing | Ellenville Public Library & Museum fine-free | — | 54 | C− |
| Walker Valley | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
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 Cragsmoor
Does Cragsmoor have a public library?
Yes. Cragsmoor Free Library, 355 Cragsmoor Road, serves Cragsmoor’s 433 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 23 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cragsmoor Free 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 Cragsmoor’s library?
It logged 6.1 visits and lent 4.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Cragsmoor’s civic life grade?
Cragsmoor 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 Cragsmoor.
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.