Lincoln Park’s library runs 8.5 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Town of Ulster Public Library serves 12,660 people in and around Lincoln Park. Last year it lent 46K books, movies and e-books and logged 45K visits.
The short version on Lincoln Park’s library
Few programs for a library this size
Town of Ulster Public Library offered 108 programs last year, 8.5 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Town of Ulster Public Library serves more than Lincoln Park
The library’s service area covers 12,660 people in and around Lincoln Park, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
66% of the 108 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 8 for ages 0–5. 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.
What’s behind Lincoln Park’s civic life grade
Lincoln Park 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 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Town of Ulster Public Library serves 12,660 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 25 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
46K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 41K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.8 time last year, on average.
12,086 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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.
Find it
Town of Ulster Public Library, 860 Ulster Avenue, Kingston.
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 Lincoln Park? 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 $2.01 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lincoln Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $358K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $718K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $358K 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 2,827 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Lincoln Park ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
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 Lincoln Park
Does Lincoln Park have a public library?
Yes. Town of Ulster Public Library, 860 Ulster Avenue, serves 12,660 people in and around Lincoln Park (the survey’s count) and is open about 35 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Town of Ulster 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 Lincoln Park’s library?
It logged 3.6 visits and lent 3.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Lincoln Park’s civic life grade?
Lincoln Park 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 Lincoln Park.
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.