McEwensville’s library runs 49 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library serves 9,454 people in and around McEwensville. Last year it lent 13K books, movies and e-books and logged 6,171 visits.
What McEwensville’s library is like
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
69% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 15%. What your card is worth ↓
Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library records 0.7 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: $12 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 17% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
67% of the 461 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.5 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library spends $12 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; Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library serves 9,454 people in and around McEwensville, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind McEwensville’s civic life grade
McEwensville 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 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library serves 9,454 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
13K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,130 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 6 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
Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library, 20 Church St., Mcewensville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library branch.
New in McEwensville? 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 $2.51 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average McEwensville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $111K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $279K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $111K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 1,588 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library serves 9,454 people in and around McEwensville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just McEwensville.
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 McEwensville
Does McEwensville have a public library?
Yes. Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library, 20 Church St., serves 9,454 people in and around McEwensville (the survey’s count) and is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is McEwensville’s library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 1.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is McEwensville’s civic life grade?
McEwensville 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 McEwensville.
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.