Bevier Stone House · Public domainMarbletown’s library runs 151 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Stone Ridge Public Library serves Marbletown’s 5,658 residents. Last year it lent 72K books, movies and e-books and logged 53K visits.
What Marbletown’s library is like
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Stone Ridge Public Library ran 852 programs last year, about 16 a week. That’s 151 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Marbletown out-borrows every town next door
At 13 loans per resident, Marbletown leads the four towns here. The closest is Rosendale, at 7.4. Libraries next door ↓
Marbletown uses its library more than almost any town its size
Stone Ridge Public Library logs 9.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 9.2 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 89% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Top 10% in New York for library use
Marbletown ranks #12 of 241 New York towns with a library of their own for visits per resident. That’s 9.4 visits per resident, more than at 93% of similar-size libraries nationwide. How it compares ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3.6 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 93% of similar-size libraries. It’s 28% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
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 Marbletown’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Marbletown is ahead of 97% of U.S. towns, #11 of 751 in New York. All three inputs are above most U.S. towns; library visits rank 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 →
50 community nonprofits are registered in Marbletown
8.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: environment & animals.
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. 3 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
10.6%
10.6% of Marbletown’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 Marbletown’s residents live; 2022.
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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Marbletown last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Stone Ridge Public Library serves 5,658 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 33 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
72K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 29K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.8 times last year, on average.
20,293 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Stone Ridge Public Library, 3700 Main Street, Stone Ridge.
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 Marbletown? 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 $2.93 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Marbletown cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $388K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $388K 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 4,261 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Marbletown borrows the most per resident of the 4 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marbletown | Stone Ridge Public Library fine-free | 12.7 | 43 | A+ |
| Rosendale | Rosendale Library fine-free | 7.4 | 43 | A |
| New Paltz | Elting Memorial Library fine-free | 7.2 | 54 | A |
| Olive | Olive Free Library Association fine-free | 3.8 | 39 | A |
| Hurley | Hurley Library District fine-free | — | 41 | A− |
| Rochester | None of its own | — | — | A |
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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Stone Ridge Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Marbletown
Does Marbletown have a public library?
Yes. Stone Ridge Public Library, 3700 Main Street, serves Marbletown’s 5,658 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Stone Ridge 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 Marbletown’s library?
It logged 9.4 visits and lent 12.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Marbletown’s civic life grade?
A+ Marbletown is ahead of 97% of U.S. towns on civic life, #11 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 Marbletown.
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.