Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0West Windsor’s library runs 77 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Mary L. Blood Memorial serves West Windsor’s 1,105 residents. Last year it lent 1,351 print books and media and logged 2,401 visits.
The short version on West Windsor’s library
Every town next door borrows more
West Windsor’s library lends 1.2 items per resident. Each of the three neighboring towns with a library of its own lends more, led by Hartland at 9.5. Libraries next door ↓
Open only about 16 hours a week
Mary L. Blood Memorial keeps short hours: about 16 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. Windsor Public in Windsor, next door, is open about 38 hours a week. The building ↓
A small-town library
Mary L. Blood Memorial serves 1,105 residents with about one full-time staff. 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 ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
26% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 74%. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind West Windsor’s civic life grade
On library visits and community nonprofits, West Windsor is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns. West Windsor is graded on two of the three inputs. West Windsor’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; library visits pull 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 →
13 community nonprofits are registered in West Windsor
11.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (0 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Mary L. Blood Memorial serves 1,105 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
1,351 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 West Windsor’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 3,619 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
85 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.
Find it
Mary L. Blood Memorial, 41 Brownsville Hartland Rd., Brownsville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in West Windsor? 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 West Windsor cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $49K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $30K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $49K 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 355 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
West Windsor ranks 4th of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartland | Hartland Public fine-free | 9.5 | 35 | B+ |
| Windsor | Windsor Public fine-free | 4.1 | 38 | B− |
| Weathersfield | Weathersfield Proctor fine-free | 1.3 | 32 | C+ |
| West Windsor | Mary L. Blood Memorial fine-free | 1.2 | 16 | B+ |
| Reading | Reading Public | — | — | — 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.
- 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 West Windsor
Does West Windsor have a public library?
Yes. Mary L. Blood Memorial, 41 Brownsville Hartland Rd., serves West Windsor’s 1,105 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 16 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mary L. Blood 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 West Windsor’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 1.2 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is West Windsor’s civic life grade?
B+ West Windsor is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 West Windsor.
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.