Hastings-on-Hudson’s library lends 7.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Hastings-On-Hudson Public Library serves Hastings-on-Hudson’s 8,590 residents. Last year it lent 119K books, movies and e-books and logged 47K visits.
What Hastings-on-Hudson’s library is like
Top 10% in New York for borrowing
Hastings-on-Hudson ranks #13 of 241 New York towns with a library of their own for items borrowed per resident. Print borrowing alone runs 7.7 items per resident, more than at 84% of similar-size libraries nationwide. How it compares ↓
45% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 45% of loans, more per resident than at 98% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 55%, much of it kids’ books. What people borrow ↓
Still charges late fines, unlike its neighbors
Hastings-On-Hudson Public Library charges late fines on some overdue items. Three of the four libraries in neighboring towns have dropped them. What your card is worth ↓
Hastings-on-Hudson invests in its library
Hastings-On-Hudson Public Library spends $114 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. 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 Hastings-on-Hudson’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Hastings-on-Hudson is ahead of 94% of U.S. towns, #33 of 751 in New York. All three inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
59 community nonprofits are registered in Hastings-on-Hudson
7.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: arts & culture.
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 (14 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
13.3%
13.3% of Hastings-on-Hudson’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 Hastings-on-Hudson’s residents live; 2022.
45% of borrowing is digital
119K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 65K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1 time last year, on average.
53,290 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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.
Hastings-On-Hudson Public Library serves 8,590 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 47 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 3 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 Hastings-on-Hudson last year.
Find it
Hastings-On-Hudson Public Library, 7 Maple Avenue, Hastings-On-Hudson.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Hastings-on-Hudson? 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 $1.87 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hastings-on-Hudson cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $978K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $978K 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 4,080 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Hastings-on-Hudson borrows the most per resident of the 3 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings-on-Hudson | Hastings-On-Hudson Public Library | 13.9 | 49 | A |
| Dobbs Ferry | Dobbs Ferry Public Library fine-free | 6.5 | 50 | B+ |
| Yonkers | Riverfront Library fine-free | 3.0 | 58 | D |
| Greenburgh | Greenburgh Public Library fine-free | — | 53 | B+ |
| Orangetown | Pearl River Public Library | — | 61 | B+ |
| Alpine | None of its own | — | — | B |
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 are a typical-week estimate. Hastings-On-Hudson Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Hastings-on-Hudson
Does Hastings-on-Hudson have a public library?
Yes. Hastings-On-Hudson Public Library, 7 Maple Avenue, serves Hastings-on-Hudson’s 8,590 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 49 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hastings-On-Hudson Public 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 Hastings-on-Hudson’s library?
It logged 5.4 visits and lent 13.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Hastings-on-Hudson’s civic life grade?
A Hastings-on-Hudson is ahead of 94% of U.S. towns on civic life, #33 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 Hastings-on-Hudson.
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.