Charles Bullis House · Photo: Dmadeo · CC BY-SA 3.0Macedon’s library runs 111 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Macedon Public Library serves Macedon’s 9,270 residents. Last year it lent 62K books, movies and e-books and logged 41K visits.
What Macedon’s library is like
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Macedon Public Library ran 1,030 programs last year, about 20 a week. That’s 111 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 12,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
59% of the 1,030 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 371 were for children. 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 Macedon’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Macedon is ahead of 59% of U.S. towns, #296 of 751 in New York. Library visits hold the grade up; Macedon’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
32 community nonprofits are registered in Macedon
3.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.1%
8.1% of Macedon’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 Macedon’s residents live; 2022.
About 7 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 Macedon last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Macedon Public Library serves 9,270 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 25 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
62K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 36K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.4 time last year, on average.
12,012 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Macedon Public Library, 30 Main Street, Macedon.
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 Macedon? 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 $2.55 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Macedon cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $411K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $411K 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 3,331 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Macedon ranks 4th of 6 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | Clifton Springs Library fine-free | 17.0 | 47 | A− |
| Palmyra | Palmyra Community Library fine-free | 8.1 | 50 | B+ |
| Palmyra | Palmyra Community Library fine-free | 8.1 | 50 | B+ |
| Macedon | Macedon Public Library fine-free | 6.7 | 48 | B |
| Marion | Marion Public Library fine-free | 5.3 | 34 | B+ |
| Walworth | Walworth-Seely Public Library fine-free | 5.1 | 49 | C+ |
| Perinton | Fairport Public Library | — | 53 | B+ |
| Gananda | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Farmington | None of its own | — | — | C− |
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 Macedon
Does Macedon have a public library?
Yes. Macedon Public Library, 30 Main Street, serves Macedon’s 9,270 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 48 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Macedon 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 Macedon’s library?
It logged 4.5 visits and lent 6.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Macedon’s civic life grade?
B Macedon is ahead of 59% of U.S. towns on civic life, #296 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 Macedon.
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.