Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Stone Ridge’s library runs 151 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Stone Ridge Public Library serves 5,658 people in and around Stone Ridge. Last year it lent 72K books, movies and e-books and logged 53K visits.
The short version on Stone Ridge’s library
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Stone Ridge Public Library ran 852 programs last year, about 16 a week. That’s 151 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Stone Ridge uses its library more than almost any town its size
Stone Ridge Public Library logs 9.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 9.2 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 89% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3.6 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 93% of similar-size libraries. It’s 28% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Stone Ridge Public Library serves more than Stone Ridge
The library’s service area covers 5,658 people in and around Stone Ridge, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 44% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 85% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
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 Stone Ridge’s civic life grade
Stone Ridge isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
About 1 kids’ program 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 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Stone Ridge Public Library serves 5,658 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.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
72K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 29K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.8 times last year, on average.
20,293 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Stone Ridge Public Library, 3700 Main Street, Stone Ridge.
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 Stone Ridge? 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 $2.93 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Stone Ridge cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $388K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $388K 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 4,261 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Stone Ridge
Does Stone Ridge have a public library?
Yes. Stone Ridge Public Library, 3700 Main Street, serves 5,658 people in and around Stone Ridge (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Stone Ridge Public 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 Stone Ridge’s library?
It logged 9.4 visits and lent 12.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Stone Ridge’s civic life grade?
Stone Ridge isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Stone Ridge.
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.