Cragsmoor Free Library
Cragsmoor Free Library serves Cragsmoor’s 433 residents. Last year it lent 2,029 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,639 visits.
What stands out about Cragsmoor Free Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
79 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Cragsmoor last year.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Cragsmoor cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $143K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $47K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $143K 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 226 cardholders ÷ 12.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
library systems for visits per resident.
Cragsmoor Free Library serves 433 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
2,029 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 6,303 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Cragsmoor Free Library, 355 Cragsmoor Road, Cragsmoor.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Cragsmoor? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cragsmoor | Cragsmoor Free Library fine-free | 4.7 | 23 |
| Shawangunk | Wallkill Public Library fine-free | 3.4 | 50 |
| Ellenville | Ellenville Public Library & Museum fine-free | — | 54 |
| Wawarsing | Ellenville Public Library & Museum fine-free | — | 54 |
| Walker Valley | None of its own | — | — |
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.
About these numbers
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Hours are an average. The survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
- Compared by size. “Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
- 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.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Cragsmoor.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.