Theresa’s library logs 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Theresa Free Library serves 2,648 people in and around Theresa. Last year it lent 4,677 print books and media and logged 1,800 visits.
What Theresa’s library is like
Few residents carry a card
Only 18% of the people Theresa Free Library serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Theresa Free Library serves more than Theresa
The library’s service area covers 2,648 people in and around Theresa, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
A place to get online
Theresa Free Library logs about 115 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 3 public computers. That’s 16 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
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 Theresa’s civic life grade
Theresa 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Theresa Free Library serves 2,648 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
4,677 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 7,873 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.6 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
57 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.
Find it
Theresa Free Library, 301 Main Street, Theresa.
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 Theresa? 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 $3.65 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Theresa cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $58K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $212K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $58K 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 475 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 Theresa
Does Theresa have a public library?
Yes. Theresa Free Library, 301 Main Street, serves 2,648 people in and around Theresa (the survey’s count) and is open about 25 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Theresa Free 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 Theresa’s library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 1.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Theresa’s civic life grade?
Theresa 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 Theresa.
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.