Nanuet’s library runs 55 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Nanuet Public Library serves 14,199 people in and around Nanuet. Last year it lent 155K books, movies and e-books and logged 79K visits.
Nanuet’s library, in brief
A well-funded system
Nanuet Public Library spends $203 per resident a year, about five times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (96%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
Nanuet Public Library ran 788 programs last year, about 15 a week. That’s 55 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 17,000 attended. 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; Nanuet Public Library serves 14,199 people in and around Nanuet, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Nanuet’s civic life grade
Nanuet 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 →
About 7 kids’ programs a week
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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Nanuet Public Library serves 14,199 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 50 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Nanuet Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
155K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
33,520 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Nanuet Public Library, 149 Church Street, Nanuet.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Nanuet Public Library branch.
New in Nanuet? 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 Nanuet cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $2.9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.9M budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 6,026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanuet | Nanuet Public Library | — | 59 | — graded as part of its town |
| Spring Valley | Finkelstein Memorial Library | — | 65 | D |
| New City | New City Free Library fine-free | — | 65 | — graded as part of its town |
| Clarkstown | New City Free Library fine-free | — | 65 | B− |
| West Nyack | West Nyack Free Library | — | 62 | — graded as part of its town |
| Pearl River | Pearl River Public Library | — | 61 | — graded as part of its town |
| Orangetown | Pearl River Public Library | — | 61 | B+ |
| Ramapo | Finkelstein Memorial Library | — | 65 | D |
| Chestnut Ridge | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Bardonia | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Hillcrest | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
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.
- System-wide. Nanuet Public Library serves 14,199 people in and around Nanuet, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Nanuet.
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 Nanuet
Does Nanuet have a public library?
Yes. Nanuet Public Library, 149 Church Street, serves 14,199 people in and around Nanuet (the survey’s count) and is open about 59 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Nanuet Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Nanuet’s library?
It logged 5.6 visits and lent 10.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Nanuet’s civic life grade?
Nanuet 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 Nanuet.
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.