Thousand Island Park’s library logs 43 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Thousand Island Park Library serves Thousand Island Park’s 96 residents. Last year it lent 2,880 print books and media and logged 4,169 visits.
What Thousand Island Park’s library is like
More library cards than residents
584 cards for 96 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Thousand Island Park uses its library more than almost any town its size
Thousand Island Park Library logs 43 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 30 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 99% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
64% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 20%. What your card is worth ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 55% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
11 times the programs of a typical library its size
Thousand Island Park Library ran 61 programs last year, about 1 a week. That’s 635 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 728 attended. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Thousand Island Park’s civic life grade
Thousand Island Park 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 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Thousand Island Park Library serves 96 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
2,880 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 4,461 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.
Find it
Thousand Island Park Library, 42743 St. Lawrence Avenue, Thousand Island Park.
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 Thousand Island Park? 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 $3.80 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Thousand Island Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $14K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $53K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $14K 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 584 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Thousand Island Park 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand Island Park | Thousand Island Park Library fine-free | 30.0 | 32 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Orleans | Orleans Public Library fine-free | 0.5 | 28 | C+ |
| Clayton | Depauville Free Library fine-free | 0.3 | 37 | C+ |
| Fishers Landing | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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.
- Visits count everyone. Thousand Island Park’s 4,169 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
- 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 Thousand Island Park
Does Thousand Island Park have a public library?
Yes. Thousand Island Park Library, 42743 St. Lawrence Avenue, serves Thousand Island Park’s 96 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Thousand Island Park 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 Thousand Island Park’s library?
It logged 43.4 visits and lent 30.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Thousand Island Park’s civic life grade?
Thousand Island Park 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 Thousand Island Park.
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.