Photo: Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY · CC BY-SA 2.0Dannemora’s library logs 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Dannemora Free Library serves 4,037 people in and around Dannemora. Last year it lent 2,993 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,500 visits.
Dannemora’s library, in brief
Dannemora Free Library is used less than most libraries its size
Dannemora Free Library records 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $9 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
75% of the 56 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 21 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 13% of the people Dannemora Free Library serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Dannemora Free Library serves more than Dannemora
The library’s service area covers 4,037 people in and around Dannemora, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Dannemora Free Library spends $9 per resident, less than 96% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). 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.
What’s behind Dannemora’s civic life grade
Dannemora isn’t graded on civic life: its library’s visits weren’t reported for 2024 and the volunteering estimate doesn’t cover enough of 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 →
3 community nonprofits are registered in Dannemora
1.1 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. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Dannemora Free Library serves 4,037 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
2,993 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 9,795 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
527 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
56 programs a year
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.
Find it
Dannemora Free Library, 40 Emmons Street, Dannemora.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Dannemora? 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 $1.35 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Dannemora cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $38K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $52K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $38K 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 523 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Dannemora
Does Dannemora have a public library?
Yes. Dannemora Free Library, 40 Emmons Street, serves 4,037 people in and around Dannemora (the survey’s count) and is open about 25 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Dannemora 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 Dannemora’s library?
It logged 0.6 visits and lent 0.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Dannemora’s civic life grade?
Dannemora isn’t graded on civic life: its library’s visits weren’t reported for 2024 and the volunteering estimate doesn’t cover enough of it. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Dannemora.
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.