Hollwedel Memorial Library · part of Hollwedel Memorial Public Library of Pavilion, Ny

Pavilion’s library is a branch of Hollwedel Memorial Public Library of Pavilion, Ny, which lends less per resident than 65% of systems its size

Pavilion’s library is the Hollwedel Memorial Library, a branch of Hollwedel Memorial Public Library of Pavilion, Ny, which serves 4,547 people and lent 14K items last year.

5 Woodrow Drive, Pavilion 14525 · about 30 hours a week

C⁻Civic lifeAhead of 25% of U.S. towns. Nonprofits and volunteering.

Directions (585) 584-8843 What’s a card worth?

Borrowed a year

14K

3.1 per resident

Visits a year

9,448

2.1 per resident · Below typical (3)

Programs & events

286

about 6 a week · 3,101 attended

Cardholders

20%

919 cards

Open

30 hrs

a week at this branch

What stands out about Hollwedel Memorial Library

Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.

Fine-freePart of a bigger system

Civic life grade

What’s behind Pavilion’s civic life grade

On community nonprofits and volunteering, Pavilion is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. Pavilion is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.

C⁻

Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Pavilion’s overall grade.

–Library visitsServed by a county or regional system, so there is no town figure CCommunity nonprofits2.9 per 1,000 residents · NY towns 4.2 · U.S. 3.7 C⁺Volunteering6.6% of adults 25–44 · NY towns 7.4% · U.S. 7.5%

All U.S. towns we grade (17,556)Ahead of 25%

FewerMore

U.S. towns with similar incomes, $65K–$108K (8,685)Ahead of 24%

Hollwedel Memorial Public Library of Pavilion, Ny spends $26 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.

Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($65K–$108K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.

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.

How sure. Graded on two inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. Pavilion is small (2,254 residents), so a few dozen organizations or visits move its per-resident figures; the volunteering share is a 2022 estimate from Facebook users aged 25–44.

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 →

Places to belong

6 community nonprofits are registered in Pavilion

2.9 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.

Community nonprofits, by kind

Arts & culture00.05 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.24

Youth, sports & recreation10.38 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.52

Civic groups, clubs & veterans10.38 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.74

Human services10.38 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.59

Education10.67 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.43

Health00.10 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.16

Environment & animals10.57 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.17

Other10.29 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.47

Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (0 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.

Volunteering

6.6%

6.6% of Pavilion’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 Pavilion’s residents live; 2022.

How it compares

Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures

Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.

Visits per resident 2.1 visits · typical 3Lower than 66%

Borrowing per resident 2.8 print items · typical 3.8Lower than 65%

Digital borrowing 0.3 e-items · typical 1Lower than 78%

Kids’ borrowing 1.7 kids’ items · typical 1.6Higher than 53%

Program attendance 0.7 attendees · typical 0.5Higher than 62%

Programs offered 62.9 per 1,000 residents · typical 34Higher than 76%

Cardholders 20% of residents · typical 42%Lower than 85%

Spending $26 per resident · typical $43Lower than 76%

Fewer per residentMore per resident

Size group

Hollwedel Memorial Public Library of Pavilion, Ny serves 4,547 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.

A year at the library

Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out

Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Hollwedel Memorial Public Library of Pavilion, Ny system. The library’s own count.

9,448

visits

2.1 per resident

14K

loans, print + digital

3.1 per resident

286

programs & events

3,101 attended

919

library cards

20% of people served

Every open hour9items borrowed

Every week60people at a program

Every day1Wi-Fi sessions

3 staff (full-time equivalent)4 public computers

What people borrow

More than half the print loans are kids’ books

14K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.

Books & media (adults) 34%Kids’ books & media 55%E-books, audio & streaming 11%

From your couch

1,536 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.

Kids & programs

About 3 kids’ programs a week

Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.

Schools in Pavilion →

Programs last year by age group

Ages 0–574

Ages 6–1165

Teens16

Adults69

All ages62

Little ones

1.4

story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.

7,787

kids’ books & media borrowed

3,101

people at programs

286

programs

The building

Find it

Hollwedel Memorial Library, 5 Woodrow Drive, Pavilion.

Directions (585) 584-8843

hours open a week

1,600

square feet

With a card

No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Hollwedel Memorial Public Library of Pavilion, Ny branch.

New in Pavilion? The Handbook →

Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.

What your card is worth

For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.95 worth

Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pavilion cardholder borrows.

In a month I’d use…

Books$17 each

Kids’ books$12 each

E-books & audio$15 each

Movies & music$4 each

Programs & classes$10 a program

Computer & Wi-Fi$3 a session

Your card saves you about

$348

a year at retail prices · $29 a month

Who pays for it

$26 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $117K.

Local taxes 89%State 3%Gifts & other 8%

Last year the library lent and hosted about $230K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $117K 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 919 cardholders ÷ 12.

Next door

Libraries next door

Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.

CovingtonLe RoyYorkStaffordCaledoniaPavilion

12+ loans per resident8–124–8Under 4No library / shared system

Town	Library	Loans per resident	Hours	Civic life
Caledonia	Caledonia Library Association	3.9	28	C⁻
Pavilion	Hollwedel Memorial Library fine-free	—	30	C⁻
Le Roy	Woodward Memorial Library fine-free	—	47	A⁻
Covington	None of its own	—	—	C⁻
York	None of its own	—	—	C
Stafford	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).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.

System-wide. Hollwedel Memorial Library is one branch of Hollwedel Memorial Public Library of Pavilion, Ny, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 4,547 people it serves.

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 Pavilion

Does Pavilion have a public library?

Yes: Hollwedel Memorial Library, 5 Woodrow Drive, is a branch of Hollwedel Memorial Public Library of Pavilion, Ny, which serves 4,547 people. The branch is open about 30 hours a week, averaged over the year.

Is Hollwedel Memorial Public Library of Pavilion, Ny 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 Pavilion’s library?

It logged 2.1 visits and lent 3.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.

What is Pavilion’s civic life grade?

C⁻ Pavilion is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Pavilion.

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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.

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