Constable Hall · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0West Turin’s library logs 6.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Lyons Falls Library serves 570 people in and around West Turin. Last year it lent 3,794 print books and media and logged 3,902 visits.
What West Turin’s library is like
Above typical on every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, Lyons Falls Library is above the middle on all six per-resident measures we compare, with four in the top 30%. No single number stands out, and none lags far behind. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Lyons Falls Library serves 570 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Open only about 20 hours a week
Lyons Falls Library keeps short hours: about 20 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The buildings ↓
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 West Turin’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, West Turin is ahead of 90% of U.S. towns. West Turin is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
9 community nonprofits are registered in West Turin
5.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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.
11.8%
11.8% of West Turin’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 West Turin’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Lyons Falls Library serves 570 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. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
3,794 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 7,688 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.5 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
40 programs a year
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.
2 places to borrow in West Turin
Lyons Falls Library, 3918 High Street, Lyons Falls.
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 West Turin? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in West Turin
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.50 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average West Turin cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $40K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $61K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $40K 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 476 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
West Turin ranks 4th of 7 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turin | B. Elizabeth Strong Memorial Library fine-free | 9.9 | 10 | — graded with its twin city |
| Turin | B. Elizabeth Strong Memorial Library fine-free | 9.9 | 10 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Martinsburg | William H. Bush Memorial Library fine-free | 7.8 | 34 | A− |
| West Turin | Lyons Falls Library fine-free | 6.7 | 20 | A |
| Lyons Falls | Lyons Falls Library fine-free | 6.7 | 20 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Osceola | Osceola Public Library fine-free | 3.2 | 12 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Leyden | Port Leyden Community Library fine-free | 3.1 | 20 | B |
| Lyonsdale | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Lewis | 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.
- 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 West Turin
Does West Turin have a public library?
Yes. Lyons Falls Library, 3918 High Street, serves 570 people in and around West Turin (the survey’s count) and is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lyons Falls 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 West Turin’s library?
It logged 6.8 visits and lent 6.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is West Turin’s civic life grade?
A West Turin is ahead of 90% 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 West Turin.
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.