Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Cutchogue’s library logs 52 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library serves 3,831 people in and around Cutchogue. Last year it lent 131K books, movies and e-books and logged 200K visits.
The short version on Cutchogue’s library
One of the busiest library systems its size
Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library logs 52 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 26 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 99% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Nine times the programs of a typical library its size
Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library ran 1,117 programs last year, about 21 a week. That’s 292 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 22,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 8 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. It’s 23% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 35% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 98% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library spends $444 per resident a year, about ten times the typical $43 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; Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library serves 3,831 people in and around Cutchogue, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Cutchogue’s civic life grade
Cutchogue 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 →
About 9 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 all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library serves 3,831 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 42 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
131K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
30,470 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library, 27550 Main Road, Cutchogue.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library branch.
New in Cutchogue? 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 $1.36 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Cutchogue cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.7M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.7M budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 2,926 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutchogue | Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library | — | 60 | — graded as part of its town |
| Mattituck | Mattituck-Laurel Library fine-free | — | 59 | — graded as part of its town |
| Peconic | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| New Suffolk | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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.
- Visits count everyone. Cutchogue’s 200,189 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
- System-wide. Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library serves 3,831 people in and around Cutchogue, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Cutchogue.
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 Cutchogue
Does Cutchogue have a public library?
Yes. Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library, 27550 Main Road, serves 3,831 people in and around Cutchogue (the survey’s count) and is open about 60 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Cutchogue’s library?
It logged 52.3 visits and lent 34.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Cutchogue’s civic life grade?
Cutchogue 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 Cutchogue.
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.