Photo: Tyler A. McNeil · CC BY-SA 4.0Schaghticoke’s library runs 334 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Arvilla E. Diver Memorial Library serves 527 people in and around Schaghticoke. Last year it lent 7,946 books, movies and e-books and logged 5,016 visits.
Schaghticoke’s library, in brief
Schaghticoke out-borrows every town next door
At 15 loans per resident, Schaghticoke leads the five towns here. The closest is Brunswick, at 5.7. Libraries next door ↓
Six times the programs of a typical library its size
Arvilla E. Diver Memorial Library ran 176 programs last year, about 3 a week. That’s 334 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 1,577 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Most of Schaghticoke’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 51% of loans, more per resident than at 97% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 49%, much of it kids’ books. What people borrow ↓
A small-town library
Arvilla E. Diver Memorial Library serves 527 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 26 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
People come to Arvilla E. Diver Memorial Library a lot
Arvilla E. Diver Memorial Library logs 9.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, more than 89% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 7.5 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Schaghticoke’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Schaghticoke is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns, #613 of 751 in New York. Schaghticoke 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.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($80K–$134K) 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.
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 →
17 community nonprofits are registered in Schaghticoke
2.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.9%
6.9% of Schaghticoke’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 Schaghticoke’s residents live; 2022.
About 2 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Arvilla E. Diver Memorial Library serves 527 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
51% of borrowing is digital
7,946 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 7,989 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.5 time last year, on average.
4,016 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Arvilla E. Diver Memorial Library, 136 Main Street, Schaghticoke.
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 Schaghticoke? 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 $1.94 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Schaghticoke cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $71K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $138K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $71K 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 424 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Schaghticoke borrows the most per resident of the 5 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schaghticoke | Arvilla E. Diver Memorial Library fine-free | 15.1 | 26 | C− |
| Brunswick | Brunswick Community Library fine-free | 5.7 | 44 | C− |
| Troy | Troy Public Library fine-free | 2.9 | 60 | C |
| Easton | Easton Library fine-free | 2.6 | 25 | B |
| Pittstown | Valley Falls Free Library fine-free | 1.4 | 35 | D |
| Stillwater | Stillwater Public Library fine-free | — | 55 | B− |
| Waterford | Waterford Public Library | — | 38 | C− |
| Stillwater | Stillwater Public Library fine-free | — | 55 | C |
| Mechanicville | Mechanicville District Public Library fine-free | — | 43 | C− |
| Halfmoon | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Cambridge | None of its own | — | — | — graded with its twin city |
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 Schaghticoke
Does Schaghticoke have a public library?
Yes. Arvilla E. Diver Memorial Library, 136 Main Street, serves 527 people in and around Schaghticoke (the survey’s count) and is open about 26 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Arvilla E. Diver Memorial 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 Schaghticoke’s library?
It logged 9.5 visits and lent 15.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Schaghticoke’s civic life grade?
C− Schaghticoke is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns on civic life, #613 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 Schaghticoke.
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.