Tuckahoe’s library runs 75 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Tuckahoe Public Library serves Tuckahoe’s 7,084 residents. Last year it lent 37K books, movies and e-books and logged 25K visits.
Tuckahoe’s library, in brief
45% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 45% of loans, more per resident than at 82% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 55%, much of it kids’ books. What people borrow ↓
Programs lean toward adults
53% of the 529 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 192 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Tuckahoe Public Library holds 35,000 books and other items, but the average item went out about once every two years last year. What people borrow ↓
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 Tuckahoe’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Tuckahoe is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns, #400 of 751 in New York. Tuckahoe’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
33 community nonprofits are registered in Tuckahoe
4.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (8 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.9%
5.9% of Tuckahoe’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 Tuckahoe’s residents live; 2022.
45% of borrowing is digital
37K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 35K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.6 time last year, on average.
16,636 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Tuckahoe Public Library serves 7,084 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 20 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 4 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Tuckahoe last year.
Find it
Tuckahoe Public Library, 71 Columbus Avenue, Tuckahoe.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Tuckahoe? 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 $1.11 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Tuckahoe cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $576K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $637K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $576K 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 2,304 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Tuckahoe ranks 3rd of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronxville | Bronxville Public Library fine-free | 25.0 | 49 | B+ |
| Eastchester | Eastchester Public Library fine-free | 8.2 | 55 | C+ |
| Tuckahoe | Tuckahoe Public Library fine-free | 5.3 | 37 | B− |
| Yonkers | Riverfront Library fine-free | 3.0 | 58 | D |
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 Tuckahoe
Does Tuckahoe have a public library?
Yes. Tuckahoe Public Library, 71 Columbus Avenue, serves Tuckahoe’s 7,084 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 37 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Tuckahoe 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 Tuckahoe’s library?
It logged 3.6 visits and lent 5.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Tuckahoe’s civic life grade?
B− Tuckahoe is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns on civic life, #400 of 751 in New York. 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 Tuckahoe.
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.