Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Warren’s library logs 1.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Jordanville Public Library serves 1,622 people in and around Warren. Last year it lent 4,008 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,265 visits.
Warren’s library, in brief
Open only about 20 hours a week
The Warren branch keeps short hours: about 20 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
The branch is a National Register landmark
Jordanville Public Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984. Today’s library there has 1,250 square feet. The building ↓
Most programs are for young children
68% of the 103 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 18 for ages 0–5. 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; Jordanville Public Library serves 1,622 people in and around Warren, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Warren’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Warren is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns. Warren is graded on two of the three inputs. Warren’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 ($55K–$91K) 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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Warren
4.0 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.9%
5.9% of Warren’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 Warren’s residents live; 2022.
A National Register landmark since 1984
Jordanville Public Library, 189 Main Street, Jordanville.
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 Jordanville Public Library branch.
New in Warren? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Jordanville Public Library
Jordanville Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 24, 1984. It is significant for its architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Neoclassical.
Jordanville Public Library is a historic community library building in Jordanville, New York, United States. Built in 1907–1908, it is a one-story, gable-roofed structure with clapboard siding that features an entrance portico with four Tuscan order columns. It was designed by New York City architects Trowbridge & Livingston in the Classical Revival style.
More about the building →Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Jordanville Public Library serves 1,622 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Jordanville Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
4,008 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
431 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.26 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Warren cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $52K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $65K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $52K 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 404 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield | Richfield Springs Public Library fine-free | 10.8 | 33 | B− |
| Richfield Springs | Richfield Springs Public Library fine-free | 10.8 | 33 | B+ |
| German Flatts | Ilion Free Public Library fine-free | 5.4 | 52 | C+ |
| Springfield | Springfield Library fine-free | 2.8 | 20 | A+ |
| Springfield Center | Springfield Library fine-free | 2.8 | 20 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Warren | Jordanville Public Library fine-free | — | 20 | C |
| Columbia | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Stark | 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.
- System-wide. Jordanville Public Library serves 1,622 people in and around Warren, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Warren.
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 Warren
Does Warren have a public library?
Yes. Jordanville Public Library, 189 Main Street, serves 1,622 people in and around Warren (the survey’s count) and is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Jordanville 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 Warren’s library?
It logged 1.4 visits and lent 2.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Warren’s civic life grade?
C Warren is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Warren.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.