Thiells’ library runs 43 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library serves 34,360 people in and around Thiells. Last year it lent 225K books, movies and e-books and logged 123K visits.
What Thiells’s library is like
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library ran 1,493 programs last year, about 29 a week. That’s 43 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Thiells invests in its library
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library spends $172 per resident a year, about four times the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (97%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library serves more than Thiells
The library’s service area covers 34,360 people in and around Thiells, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
A place to get online
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library logs about 379 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 30 public computers. That’s 4 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
Programs lean toward adults
55% of the 1,493 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 455 were for children. 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 Thiells’ civic life grade
Thiells 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 9 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 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library serves 34,360 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 38 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
225K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 149K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.3 time last year, on average.
34,626 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library, 10 West Ramapo Road, Garnerville.
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 Thiells? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Thiells cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $5.9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $5.9M 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 11,203 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Thiells borrows the most per resident of the 3 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thiells | Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library fine-free | 6.5 | 60 | — graded as part of its town |
| Haverstraw | Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library fine-free | 6.5 | 60 | C |
| Stony Point | Rose Memorial Library Association fine-free | 1.6 | 47 | C− |
| West Haverstraw | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Mount Ivy | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
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 Thiells
Does Thiells have a public library?
Yes. Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library, 10 West Ramapo Road, serves 34,360 people in and around Thiells (the survey’s count) and is open about 60 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Haverstraw Kings Daughters 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 Thiells’ library?
It logged 3.6 visits and lent 6.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Thiells’ civic life grade?
Thiells 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 Thiells.
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.