Photo: Mfwills · CC BY-SA 3.0Jeffersonville’s library runs 108 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Varnum Memorial serves 3,783 people in and around Jeffersonville. Last year it lent 9,145 print books and media and logged 8,496 visits.
What Jeffersonville’s library is like
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
52% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 0%. What your card is worth ↓
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Varnum Memorial ran 409 programs last year, about 8 a week. That’s 108 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Varnum Memorial serves more than Jeffersonville
The library’s service area covers 3,783 people in and around Jeffersonville, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
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 Jeffersonville’s civic life grade
Jeffersonville 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 →
About 5 kids’ programs 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Varnum Memorial serves 3,783 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. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
9,145 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Jeffersonville’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 10K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.9 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Varnum Memorial, 194 Main St., Jeffersonville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Jeffersonville? 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 $1.09 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Jeffersonville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $159K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $172K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $159K 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 2,083 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. Vermont libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Jeffersonville
Does Jeffersonville have a public library?
Yes. Varnum Memorial, 194 Main St., serves 3,783 people in and around Jeffersonville (the survey’s count) and is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Varnum Memorial 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 Jeffersonville’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 2.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Jeffersonville’s civic life grade?
Jeffersonville 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 Jeffersonville.
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.