Photo: JBC3 · Public domainLake Luzerne’s library logs 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Rockwell Falls Public Library serves 6,143 people in and around Lake Luzerne. Last year it lent 5,682 print books and media and logged 6,259 visits.
What Lake Luzerne’s library is like
Rockwell Falls Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Rockwell Falls Public Library records 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Rockwell Falls Public Library offered 18 programs last year, 2.9 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. 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; Rockwell Falls Public Library serves 6,143 people in and around Lake Luzerne, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Lake Luzerne’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Lake Luzerne is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns, #122 of 751 in New York. Lake Luzerne is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Lake Luzerne’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
16 community nonprofits are registered in Lake Luzerne
5.2 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 (5 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.2%
9.2% of Lake Luzerne’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 Lake Luzerne’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Rockwell Falls Public Library serves 6,143 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Rockwell Falls Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
5,682 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.
18 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Rockwell Falls Public Library, 19 Main Street, Lake Luzerne.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Rockwell Falls Public Library branch.
New in Lake Luzerne? 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 Lake Luzerne cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $169K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $86K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $169K 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 1,533 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake George | Caldwell-Lake George Library fine-free | 4.0 | 36 | B |
| Corinth | Corinth Free Library fine-free | 2.1 | 35 | C |
| Corinth | Corinth Free Library fine-free | 2.1 | 35 | B− |
| Lake Luzerne | Rockwell Falls Public Library fine-free | — | 40 | A− |
| Warrensburg | Richards Library | — | 45 | A− |
| Hadley | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Moreau | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Queensbury | 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.
- Digital loans not reported. New York libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Rockwell Falls Public Library serves 6,143 people in and around Lake Luzerne, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Lake Luzerne.
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 Lake Luzerne
Does Lake Luzerne have a public library?
Yes. Rockwell Falls Public Library, 19 Main Street, serves 6,143 people in and around Lake Luzerne (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Rockwell Falls 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 Lake Luzerne’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 0.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Lake Luzerne’s civic life grade?
A− Lake Luzerne is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns on civic life, #122 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 Lake Luzerne.
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.