Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 4.0Fallsburg’s library logs 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Fallsburg Library serves 12,045 people in and around Fallsburg. Last year it lent 12K print books and media and logged 7,779 visits.
The short version on Fallsburg’s library
Fallsburg Library is used less than most libraries its size
Fallsburg Library records 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $24 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Fallsburg Library offered 6 programs last year, 0.5 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 16% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 40% 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; Fallsburg Library serves 12,045 people in and around Fallsburg, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Fallsburg’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Fallsburg is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns, #725 of 751 in New York. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Fallsburg’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Fallsburg Library spends $24 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($47K–$78K) 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 →
38 community nonprofits are registered in Fallsburg
2.6 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 (45 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 3 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.2%
5.2% of Fallsburg’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 Fallsburg’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Fallsburg Library serves 12,045 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Fallsburg Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
12K 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.
6 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
Fallsburg Library, 12 Railroad Plaza, South Fallsburg.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Fallsburg Library branch.
New in Fallsburg? 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 Fallsburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $292K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $209K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $292K 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 1,972 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mamakating | Mamakating Library fine-free | 3.2 | 45 | C− |
| Fallsburg | Fallsburg Library fine-free | — | 35 | D |
| Thompson | Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library fine-free | — | 53 | C− |
| Neversink | Daniel Pierce Library | — | 39 | B |
| Wawarsing | Ellenville Public Library & Museum fine-free | — | 54 | C− |
| Liberty | Liberty Public Library fine-free | — | 26 | C |
| Mountain Dale | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Kiamesha Lake | 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.
- Digital loans not reported. New York libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Fallsburg Library serves 12,045 people in and around Fallsburg, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Fallsburg.
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 Fallsburg
Does Fallsburg have a public library?
Yes. Fallsburg Library, 12 Railroad Plaza, serves 12,045 people in and around Fallsburg (the survey’s count) and is open about 35 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Fallsburg 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 Fallsburg’s library?
It logged 0.6 visits and lent 1.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Fallsburg’s civic life grade?
D Fallsburg is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns on civic life, #725 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 Fallsburg.
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.