Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Heuvelton’s library lends 7.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Heuvelton Free Library serves Heuvelton’s 722 residents. Last year it lent 5,490 print books and media and logged 2,573 visits.
The short version on Heuvelton’s library
Nearly everyone in Heuvelton has a card
662 cards for 722 people, or 92%. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Heuvelton Free Library offered 6 programs last year, 8.3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A place to get online
Heuvelton Free Library logs about 100 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 4 public computers. That’s 51 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Heuvelton’s civic life grade
Heuvelton 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Heuvelton Free Library serves 722 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
5,490 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 9,524 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.6 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
6 programs a year
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 Heuvelton last year.
Find it
Heuvelton Free Library, 57 State Street, Heuvelton.
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 Heuvelton? 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 $2.58 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Heuvelton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $75K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $194K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $75K 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 662 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 Heuvelton
Does Heuvelton have a public library?
Yes. Heuvelton Free Library, 57 State Street, serves Heuvelton’s 722 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 31 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Heuvelton 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 Heuvelton’s library?
It logged 3.6 visits and lent 7.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Heuvelton’s civic life grade?
Heuvelton 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 Heuvelton.
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.