Photo: Alexisrael · CC BY-SA 3.0Haverstraw’s library runs 43 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library serves 34,360 people in and around Haverstraw. Last year it lent 225K books, movies and e-books and logged 123K visits.
What Haverstraw’s library is like
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library ran 1,493 programs last year, about 29 a week. That’s 43 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
The library is a National Register landmark
Kings Daughters Public Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1991. Today’s library there has 6,200 square feet. The building ↓
Haverstraw invests in its library
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library spends $172 per resident a year, about four times the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (97%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library serves more than Haverstraw
The library’s service area covers 34,360 people in and around Haverstraw, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
A place to get online
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library logs about 379 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 30 public computers. That’s 4 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
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 Haverstraw’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Haverstraw is ahead of 3% of U.S. towns, #744 of 751 in New York. Haverstraw is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Haverstraw’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($56K–$94K) 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 →
28 community nonprofits are registered in Haverstraw
2.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (10 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.
2.1%
2.1% of Haverstraw’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 Haverstraw’s residents live; 2022.
About 9 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 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library serves 34,360 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 38 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
225K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 149K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.3 time last year, on average.
34,626 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
A National Register landmark since 1991
Hkdpl Haverstraw Village Library, 85 Main Street, Haverstraw.
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 Haverstraw? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Kings Daughters Public Library
Kings Daughters Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Aug 9, 1991. It is significant for its education and architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Renaissance Revival and Classical Revival.
The Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library's original home, also known as the Fowler Library Building, is located at Main and Allison streets in the village of Haverstraw, New York, United States. It is a red brick building.
More about the building →What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Haverstraw cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $5.9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $5.9M 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 11,203 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haverstraw | Hkdpl Haverstraw Village Library fine-free | 6.5 | 55 | D− |
| Clarkstown | New City Free Library fine-free | — | 65 | B− |
| New City | New City Free Library fine-free | — | 65 | — graded as part of its town |
| Croton-on-Hudson | Croton Free Library fine-free | — | 54 | A+ |
| Cortlandt | Hendrick Hudson Free Library fine-free | — | 63 | B+ |
| West Haverstraw | None of its own | — | — | D |
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 Haverstraw
Does Haverstraw have a public library?
Yes. Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library, 85 Main Street, serves 34,360 people in and around Haverstraw (the survey’s count) and is open about 55 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public 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 Haverstraw’s library?
It logged 3.6 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 Haverstraw’s civic life grade?
D− Haverstraw is ahead of 3% of U.S. towns on civic life, #744 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 Haverstraw.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.