Victor’s library runs 37 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Victor Farmington Library serves 26,813 people in and around Victor. Last year it lent 235K books, movies and e-books and logged 89K visits.
Victor’s library, in brief
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
55% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 0%. What your card is worth ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
Victor Farmington Library ran 987 programs last year, about 19 a week. That’s 37 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
64% of the 987 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 300 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; Victor Farmington Library serves 26,813 people in and around Victor, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Victor’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Victor is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns, #516 of 751 in New York. Victor is graded on two of the three inputs. Victor’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($68K–$113K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
11 community nonprofits are registered in Victor
4.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.9%
5.9% of Victor’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 Victor’s residents live; 2022.
About 6 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, 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.
Victor Farmington Library serves 26,813 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 72 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Victor Farmington Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
235K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
50,242 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Victor Farmington Library, 15 West Main Street, Victor.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Victor Farmington Library branch.
New in Victor? 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 $4.28 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Victor cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $828K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $828K 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 9,922 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Victor Farmington Library serves 26,813 people in and around Victor, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Victor.
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 Victor
Does Victor have a public library?
Yes. Victor Farmington Library, 15 West Main Street, serves 26,813 people in and around Victor (the survey’s count) and is open about 63 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Victor Farmington 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 Victor’s library?
It logged 3.3 visits and lent 8.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Victor’s civic life grade?
C Victor is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on civic life, #516 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 Victor.
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.