Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Conneautville’s library lends 3.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
James A Stone Memorial Library serves 3,271 people in and around Conneautville. Last year it lent 11K books, movies and e-books and logged 8,158 visits.
Conneautville’s library, in brief
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, James A Stone Memorial Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on three. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
77% of the 111 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 48 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 14% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
27% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 49%. What your card is worth ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 8% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 81% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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; James A Stone Memorial Library serves 3,271 people in and around Conneautville, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Conneautville’s civic life grade
Conneautville 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
James A Stone Memorial Library serves 3,271 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole James A Stone Memorial Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
11K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
930 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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
James A Stone Memorial Library, 1101 Main Street, Conneautville.
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 James A Stone Memorial Library branch.
New in Conneautville? 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 $2.64 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Conneautville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $85K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $223K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $85K 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 468 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conneautville | James A Stone Memorial Library fine-free | — | 43 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Spring Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Summerhill Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
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. James A Stone Memorial Library serves 3,271 people in and around Conneautville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Conneautville.
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 Conneautville
Does Conneautville have a public library?
Yes. James A Stone Memorial Library, 1101 Main Street, serves 3,271 people in and around Conneautville (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is James A Stone Memorial 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 Conneautville’s library?
It logged 2.5 visits and lent 3.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Conneautville’s civic life grade?
Conneautville 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 Conneautville.
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.