Genesee Township’s library lends 1.5 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Genesee Area Library serves Genesee Township’s 726 residents. Last year it lent 1,230 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,441 visits.
What Genesee Township’s library is like
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
40% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 32%. What your card is worth ↓
A small-town library
Genesee Area Library serves 726 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 30 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 ↓
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 Genesee Township’s civic life grade
Genesee 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 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Genesee Area Library serves 726 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Genesee Area Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,230 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 8,087 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
166 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
44 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 Genesee Township last year.
Find it
Genesee Area Library, 301 Main Street, Genesee.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Genesee Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Genesee Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $43K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $24K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $43K 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 306 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genesee Township | Genesee Area Library fine-free | 1.7 | 30 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Oswayo Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Bingham Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Willing | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Allegany Township | 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.
- 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 Genesee Township
Does Genesee Township have a public library?
Yes. Genesee Area Library, 301 Main Street, serves Genesee Township’s 726 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 30 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Genesee Area 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 Genesee Township’s library?
It logged 2.0 visits and lent 1.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Genesee Township’s civic life grade?
Genesee 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 Genesee 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.