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 3.0Wrightstown Township’s library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Village Library of Wrightstown serves Wrightstown Township’s 3,286 residents. Last year it lent 47K books, movies and e-books and logged 15K visits.
The short version on Wrightstown Township’s library
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 63% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 98% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 32 items per child in Wrightstown Township last year. Kids & programs ↓
Wrightstown Township is a town of borrowers
Village Library of Wrightstown lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 95% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
32% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 59%. What your card is worth ↓
Programs lean toward adults
55% of the 263 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 69 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
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.
What’s behind Wrightstown Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Wrightstown Township is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns, #152 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Wrightstown Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
17 community nonprofits are registered in Wrightstown Township
5.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 3 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.4%
7.4% of Wrightstown Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.0% in the typical Pennsylvania town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Wrightstown Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 1 kids’ program a week
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 Wrightstown Township last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Village Library of Wrightstown serves 3,286 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 18 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
47K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 22K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.8 times last year, on average.
7,093 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Village Library of Wrightstown, 727 Penns Park Road, Wrightstown.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Wrightstown 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 $5.80 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Wrightstown Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $122K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $705K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $122K 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 1,642 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Wrightstown Township borrows the most per resident of the 3 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrightstown Township | Village Library of Wrightstown | 14.4 | 50 | B+ |
| Northampton Township | Free Library of Northampton Township | 7.4 | 48 | C |
| Richboro | Free Library of Northampton Township | 7.4 | 48 | — graded as part of its town |
| Buckingham Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Newtown Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Upper Makefield Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Warwick 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.
- 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 Wrightstown Township
Does Wrightstown Township have a public library?
Yes. Village Library of Wrightstown, 727 Penns Park Road, serves Wrightstown Township’s 3,286 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 50 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Village Library of Wrightstown 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 Wrightstown Township’s library?
It logged 4.6 visits and lent 14.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Wrightstown Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Wrightstown Township is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns on civic life, #152 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Wrightstown 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.