Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 4.0East Fishkill’s library runs 28 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
East Fishkill Public Library District serves East Fishkill’s 29,707 residents. Last year it lent 194K books, movies and e-books and logged 84K visits.
What East Fishkill’s library is like
East Fishkill out-borrows every town next door
At 6.5 loans per resident, East Fishkill leads the six towns here. The closest is Pawling, at 5.9. Libraries next door ↓
Programs lean toward adults
66% of the 828 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 271 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.
What’s behind East Fishkill’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, East Fishkill is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns, #552 of 751 in New York. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($104K–$173K) 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 →
83 community nonprofits are registered in East Fishkill
2.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (13 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 5 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.0%
7.0% of East Fishkill’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 East Fishkill’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
East Fishkill Public Library District serves 29,707 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 64 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
194K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 53K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.7 times last year, on average.
53,165 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 5 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in East Fishkill last year.
Find it
East Fishkill Public Library District, 348 Route 376, Hopewell Junction.
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 East Fishkill? 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 $2.66 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average East Fishkill cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.1M 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 9,586 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
East Fishkill borrows the most per resident of the 6 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Fishkill | East Fishkill Public Library District fine-free | 6.5 | 58 | C |
| Pawling | Pawling Free Library fine-free | 5.9 | 46 | A |
| Kent | Kent Public Library | 5.5 | 46 | B |
| LaGrange | Lagrange Association Library fine-free | 5.5 | 51 | C |
| Wappinger | Grinnell Public Library District fine-free | 5.5 | 61 | C− |
| Beekman | Beekman Library fine-free | 3.5 | 46 | C |
| Fishkill | Blodgett Memorial Library District of Fishkill fine-free | — | 40 | C+ |
| Myers Corner | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Brinckerhoff | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| New Hackensack | 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.
- 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 East Fishkill
Does East Fishkill have a public library?
Yes. East Fishkill Public Library District, 348 Route 376, serves East Fishkill’s 29,707 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 58 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is East Fishkill Public Library District 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 East Fishkill’s library?
It logged 2.8 visits and lent 6.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is East Fishkill’s civic life grade?
C East Fishkill is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns on civic life, #552 of 751 in New York. 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 East Fishkill.
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.