St. Johnsville’s library logs 1.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Margaret Reaney Memorial Library serves St. Johnsville’s 1,643 residents. Last year it lent 3,558 print books and media and logged 2,572 visits.
The short version on St. Johnsville’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, Margaret Reaney Memorial Library sits below the middle on all six per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on five. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Margaret Reaney Memorial Library serves 1,643 residents with about 2 full-time staff, open about 34 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 ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
34% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 65%. What your card is worth ↓
The library is a National Register landmark
Margaret Reaney Memorial Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2012. Today’s library there has 2,720 square feet. The building ↓
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 St. Johnsville’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, St. Johnsville is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; St. Johnsville’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
St. Johnsville’s 2024 visits are an estimate from one typical week (the survey’s method for libraries that don’t count every visit).
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($35K–$59K) 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 →
6 community nonprofits are registered in St. Johnsville
3.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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.
3.6%
3.6% of St. Johnsville’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 St. Johnsville’s residents live; 2022.
A National Register landmark since 2012
Margaret Reaney Memorial Library, 19 Kingsbury Avenue, St. Johnsville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in St. Johnsville? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Margaret Reaney Memorial Library
Reaney, Margaret, Memorial Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Apr 16, 2012. It is significant for its architecture and social history at the local level. Its architecture is described as Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals and Classical Revival.
Margaret Reaney Memorial Library is a historic library building located at St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York. It is a one-story, Classical Revival style brick building over a raised basement. It consists of a cruciform plan main block constructed in 1909, and a 1936 "T"-plan addition. The front facade features a projecting entrance portico.
More about the building →Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Margaret Reaney Memorial Library serves 1,643 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
3,558 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 16K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
29 programs a year
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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in St. Johnsville last year.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average St. Johnsville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $108K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $58K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $108K 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 797 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Margaret Reaney Memorial Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- 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 St. Johnsville
Does St. Johnsville have a public library?
Yes. Margaret Reaney Memorial Library, 19 Kingsbury Avenue, serves St. Johnsville’s 1,643 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Margaret Reaney 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 St. Johnsville’s library?
It logged 1.6 visits and lent 2.2 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is St. Johnsville’s civic life grade?
D St. Johnsville is ahead of 11% 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 St. Johnsville.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.