Fredericktown’s library logs 0.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Fredericktown Area Public Library serves 6,714 people in and around Fredericktown. Last year it lent 8,875 books, movies and e-books and logged 5,135 visits.
What Fredericktown’s library is like
Fredericktown Area Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Fredericktown Area Public Library records 0.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 1.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $13 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
40% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 30%. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Fredericktown Area Public Library offered 43 programs last year, 6.4 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 11% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Fredericktown Area Public Library spends $13 per resident, less than 93% 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; Fredericktown Area Public Library serves 6,714 people in and around Fredericktown, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Fredericktown’s civic life grade
Fredericktown 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.
Fredericktown Area Public Library serves 6,714 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Fredericktown Area Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
8,875 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
648 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
43 programs a year
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
Fredericktown Area Public Library, 38 Water St., Fredericktown.
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 Fredericktown Area Public Library branch.
New in Fredericktown? 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 $1.71 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Fredericktown cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $89K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $152K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $89K 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 710 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredericktown | Fredericktown Area Public Library fine-free | — | 44 | — under 1,000 residents |
| East Bethlehem Township | Fredericktown Area Public Library fine-free | — | 44 | C− |
| Aaronsburg | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Millsboro | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Deemston | 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.
- System-wide. Fredericktown Area Public Library serves 6,714 people in and around Fredericktown, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Fredericktown.
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 Fredericktown
Does Fredericktown have a public library?
Yes. Fredericktown Area Public Library, 38 Water St., serves 6,714 people in and around Fredericktown (the survey’s count) and is open about 44 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Fredericktown Area 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 Fredericktown’s library?
It logged 0.8 visits and lent 1.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Fredericktown’s civic life grade?
Fredericktown 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 Fredericktown.
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.