Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Woodbury’s library logs 1.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Woodbury Public Library serves 12,197 people in and around Woodbury from 2 locations. Last year it lent 45K books, movies and e-books and logged 18K visits.
The short version on Woodbury’s library
Every town next door borrows more
Woodbury’s library lends 3.7 items per resident. Each of the four neighboring towns with a library of its own lends more, led by Tuxedo at 10. Libraries next door ↓
Most programs are for young children
74% of the 319 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 3 a week 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.
What’s behind Woodbury’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Woodbury is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns, #562 of 751 in New York. Woodbury is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Woodbury’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($91K–$152K) 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 →
38 community nonprofits are registered in Woodbury
3.3 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 (35 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.3%
6.3% of Woodbury’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 Woodbury’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Woodbury Public Library serves 12,197 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
45K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 34K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.9 time last year, on average.
15,821 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 5 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.
2 places to borrow in Woodbury
Woodbury Public Library, 16 County Route 105, Highland Mills.
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 Woodbury? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Woodbury
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Woodbury cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $715K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $714K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $715K 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 3,830 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Woodbury ranks 5th of 5 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuxedo | Tuxedo Park Library | 10.0 | 60 | — too few inputs |
| Tuxedo | Tuxedo Park Library | 10.0 | 60 | B |
| Highlands | Highland Falls Library | 9.2 | 42 | B |
| Monroe | Monroe Free Library fine-free | 3.8 | 59 | C− |
| Woodbury | Woodbury Public Library fine-free | 3.7 | 51 | C |
| Blooming Grove | Moffat Library of Washingtonville fine-free | — | 60 | C+ |
| Cornwall | Cornwall Public Library fine-free | — | 47 | A |
| Mountain Lodge Park | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Harriman | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| West Point | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
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 Woodbury
Does Woodbury have a public library?
Yes. Woodbury Public Library, 16 County Route 105, serves 12,197 people in and around Woodbury (the survey’s count) and is open about 51 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Woodbury 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 Woodbury’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 3.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Woodbury’s civic life grade?
C Woodbury is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns on civic life, #562 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 Woodbury.
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.