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 4.0Caernarvon Township’s library logs 4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Village Library of Morgantown serves 11,826 people in and around Caernarvon Township. Last year it lent 56K books, movies and e-books and logged 47K visits.
Caernarvon Township’s library, in brief
Pennsylvania pays a big share
44% of the budget comes from the state, and 35% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Runs on less money than most
Village Library of Morgantown spends $11 per resident, less than 94% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). What your card is worth ↓
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; Village Library of Morgantown serves 11,826 people in and around Caernarvon Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Caernarvon Township’s civic life grade
Caernarvon Township 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Village Library of Morgantown serves 11,826 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 25 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Village Library of Morgantown system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
56K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
7,130 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 4 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.
Find it
Village Library of Morgantown, 207 N. Walnut Street, Morgantown.
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 Village Library of Morgantown branch.
New in Caernarvon Township? 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 $6.21 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Caernarvon Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $136K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $844K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $136K 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 2,479 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caernarvon Township | Village Library of Morgantown fine-free | — | 44 | — graded with its twin city |
| Honey Brook Township | Honey Brook Community Library | — | 41 | C |
| New Morgan | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Robeson Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| West Nantmeal Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Brecknock Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
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. Village Library of Morgantown serves 11,826 people in and around Caernarvon Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Caernarvon Township.
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 Caernarvon Township
Does Caernarvon Township have a public library?
Yes. Village Library of Morgantown, 207 N. Walnut Street, serves 11,826 people in and around Caernarvon Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 44 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Village Library of Morgantown 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 Caernarvon Township’s library?
It logged 4.0 visits and lent 4.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Caernarvon Township’s civic life grade?
Caernarvon Township 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 Caernarvon Township.
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.