Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Springville’s library lends 7.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Hulbert Library of the Town of Concord serves 8,316 people in and around Springville. Last year it lent 61K print books and media and logged 31K visits.
Springville’s library, in brief
Busy on a lean budget
Hulbert Library of the Town of Concord spends $28 per resident, less than 73% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). It’s still borrowed from more than 72% of them. What your card is worth ↓
Hulbert Library of the Town of Concord serves more than Springville
The library’s service area covers 8,316 people in and around Springville, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. 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.
What’s behind Springville’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Springville is ahead of 65% of U.S. towns, #249 of 751 in New York. Springville is graded on two of the three inputs. Springville’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
33 community nonprofits are registered in Springville
7.9 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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.2%
6.2% of Springville’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 Springville’s residents live; 2022.
Books and media off the shelf
61K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 25K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.4 times last year, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Hulbert Library of the Town of Concord serves 8,316 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.
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.
Find it
Town of Concord Public Library, 18 Chapel Street, Springville.
No late fees. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Springville? 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 $4.19 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Springville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $234K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $978K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $234K 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 4,506 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. New York libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Springville
Does Springville have a public library?
Yes. Hulbert Library of the Town of Concord, 18 Chapel Street, serves 8,316 people in and around Springville (the survey’s count) and is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hulbert Library of the Town of Concord fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Springville’s library?
It logged 3.8 visits and lent 7.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Springville’s civic life grade?
B Springville is ahead of 65% of U.S. towns on civic life, #249 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 Springville.
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.