Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Cumberland’s library lends 7.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Thomas St. Angelo Public Library serves Cumberland’s 7,730 residents. Last year it lent 71K books, movies and e-books and logged 30K visits.
Cumberland’s library, in brief
The library is a National Register landmark
Cumberland Public Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1992. Today’s library there has 7,100 square feet. The building ↓
Programs lean toward adults
59% of the 534 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 191 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 Cumberland’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Cumberland is ahead of 93% of U.S. towns. Cumberland is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Cumberland’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
19 community nonprofits are registered in Cumberland
8.4 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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.5%
9.5% of Cumberland’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.6% in the typical Wisconsin 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 Cumberland’s residents live; 2022.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
71K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 29K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2 times last year, on average.
14,846 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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.
Thomas St. Angelo Public Library serves 7,730 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 25 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 4 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Cumberland last year.
A National Register landmark since 1992
Thomas St. Angelo Public Library, 1305 2nd Ave., Cumberland.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Cumberland? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Cumberland Public Library
Cumberland Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jun 25, 1992. It is significant for its education, architecture and social history at the local level. Its architecture is described as Classical Revival. It was listed as part of Public Library Facilities of Wisconsin MPS.
Cumberland Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 for its significance in architecture, education and social history. It is a Carnegie library. The library is still accessible today as a public library with materials and programs for all ages.
More about the building →For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.82 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Cumberland cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $403K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $403K 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 2,649 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | Thomas St. Angelo Public Library fine-free | 9.2 | 54 | A |
| Crystal Lake | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Lakeland | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Maple Plain | 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 Cumberland
Does Cumberland have a public library?
Yes. Thomas St. Angelo Public Library, 1305 2nd Ave., serves Cumberland’s 7,730 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 54 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Thomas St. Angelo Public 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 Cumberland’s library?
It logged 3.9 visits and lent 9.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Cumberland’s civic life grade?
A Cumberland is ahead of 93% 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 Cumberland.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.