Photo: Mwanner · CC BY-SA 3.0Crown Point’s library logs 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Hammond Library of Crown Point serves 2,047 people in and around Crown Point. Last year it lent 1,992 print books and media and logged 1,477 visits.
The short version on Crown Point’s library
Hammond Library of Crown Point is used less than most libraries its size
Hammond Library of Crown Point records 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Hammond Library of Crown Point offered 17 programs last year, 8.3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 15% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. 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; Hammond Library of Crown Point serves 2,047 people in and around Crown Point, 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 Crown Point’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Crown Point is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Crown Point’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($62K–$104K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Crown Point
2.5 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
4.5%
4.5% of Crown Point’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 Crown Point’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Hammond Library of Crown Point serves 2,047 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, for the whole Hammond Library of Crown Point system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
1,992 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.
17 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Hammond Library of Crown Point, 2732 Main Street, Crown Point.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Hammond Library of Crown Point branch.
New in Crown Point? 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 Crown Point cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $82K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $35K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $82K 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 314 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schroon | Schroon Lake Public Library | 13.5 | 30 | A |
| Ticonderoga | Ticonderoga Black Watch Memorial Library fine-free | 3.7 | 35 | B |
| Moriah | Sherman Free Library fine-free | 0.4 | 27 | D− |
| Port Henry | Sherman Free Library fine-free | 0.4 | 27 | — graded as part of its town |
| Crown Point | Hammond Library of Crown Point fine-free | — | 25 | D− |
| Shoreham | Platt Memorial fine-free | — | 27 | A− |
| Bridport | None of its own | — | — | A+ |
| North Hudson | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Addison | None of its own | — | — | 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.
- Digital loans not reported. New York libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Hammond Library of Crown Point serves 2,047 people in and around Crown Point, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Crown Point.
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 Crown Point
Does Crown Point have a public library?
Yes. Hammond Library of Crown Point, 2732 Main Street, serves 2,047 people in and around Crown Point (the survey’s count) and is open about 25 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hammond Library of Crown Point 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 Crown Point’s library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 1.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Crown Point’s civic life grade?
D− Crown Point is ahead of 5% 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 Crown Point.
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.