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West Winfield Library serves West Winfield’s 733 residents. Last year it lent 11K books, movies and e-books and logged 5,154 visits.
The short version on West Winfield’s library
More library cards than residents
1,288 cards for 733 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 ↓
A small-town library
West Winfield Library serves 733 residents with about 2 full-time staff, open about 25 hours a week. 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 ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 4.2 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 93% of similar-size libraries. It’s 27% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
West Winfield is a town of borrowers
West Winfield Library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, more than 90% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Programs lean toward adults
59% of the 113 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 45 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind West Winfield’s civic life grade
West Winfield 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 →
Mostly books and media off the shelf
11K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 20K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
3,068 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 all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
West Winfield Library serves 733 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
113 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in West Winfield last year.
Find it
West Winfield Library, 179 South Street, West Winfield.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in West Winfield? 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 $4.24 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average West Winfield cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $45K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $192K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $45K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 1,288 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. West Winfield Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Winfield
Does West Winfield have a public library?
Yes. West Winfield Library, 179 South Street, serves West Winfield’s 733 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 25 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is West Winfield Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is West Winfield’s library?
It logged 7.0 visits and lent 15.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is West Winfield’s civic life grade?
West Winfield 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 West Winfield.
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.