Depauville’s library runs 136 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Depauville Free Library serves 4,770 people in and around Depauville. Last year it lent 1,430 print books and media and logged 3,080 visits.
What Depauville’s library is like
Depauville Free Library is used less than most libraries its size
Depauville Free Library records 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $24 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Depauville Free Library ran 648 programs last year, about 12 a week. That’s 136 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Programs are almost all for children
88% of the 648 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Depauville Free Library serves more than Depauville
The library’s service area covers 4,770 people in and around Depauville, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. 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.
What’s behind Depauville’s civic life grade
Depauville 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 11 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Depauville Free Library serves 4,770 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
A year at Depauville Free Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
1,430 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 6,286 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Depauville Free Library, 32333 County Route 179, Depauville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Depauville? 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 Depauville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $113K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $42K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $113K 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 254 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Depauville
Does Depauville have a public library?
Yes. Depauville Free Library, 32333 County Route 179, serves 4,770 people in and around Depauville (the survey’s count) and is open about 37 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Depauville 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 Depauville’s library?
It logged 0.6 visits and lent 0.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Depauville’s civic life grade?
Depauville 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 Depauville.
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.