Photo: Jsderwin at English Wikipedia · Public domainQuogue’s library lends 21 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Quogue Library serves 1,874 people in and around Quogue. Last year it lent 59K books, movies and e-books and logged 29K visits.
The short version on Quogue’s library
More library cards than residents
3,130 cards for 1,874 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
One of the busiest library systems its size
Quogue Library logs 15 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 21 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 96% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Eight times the programs of a typical library its size
Quogue Library ran 855 programs last year, about 16 a week. That’s 456 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 14,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 47% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 97% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 11 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 98% of similar-size libraries. It’s 35% 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; Quogue Library serves 1,874 people in and around Quogue, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Quogue’s civic life grade
Quogue isn’t graded on civic life: its library is a branch of Quogue Library, so there is no town figure for visits and the volunteering estimate doesn’t cover enough of 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.
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 →
19 community nonprofits are registered in Quogue
25.1 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
About 3 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 under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Quogue Library serves 1,874 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 24 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Quogue Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
59K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
20,780 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street, Quogue.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Quogue Library branch.
New in Quogue? 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 Quogue cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $1.2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.2M 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 3,130 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quogue | Quogue Library fine-free | — | 48 | — too few inputs |
| Westhampton Beach | Westhampton Free Library fine-free | — | 32 | B− |
| East Quogue | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Quiogue | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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 count everyone. Quogue’s 28,870 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
- System-wide. Quogue Library serves 1,874 people in and around Quogue, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Quogue.
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 Quogue
Does Quogue have a public library?
Yes. Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street, serves 1,874 people in and around Quogue (the survey’s count) and is open about 48 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Quogue 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 Quogue’s library?
It logged 15.4 visits and lent 31.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Quogue’s civic life grade?
Quogue isn’t graded on civic life: its library is a branch of Quogue Library, so there is no town figure for visits and the volunteering estimate doesn’t cover enough of it. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Quogue.
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.