Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library
Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library serves 3,831 people in and around Cutchogue. Last year it lent 131K books, movies and e-books and logged 200K visits.
The short version on Cutchogue’s library
One of the busiest library systems its size
Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library logs 52 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 26 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 99% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Nine times the programs of a typical library its size
Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library ran 1,117 programs last year, about 21 a week. That’s 292 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 22,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 8 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. It’s 23% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 35% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 98% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library spends $444 per resident a year, about ten times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (92%) comes from local taxes. 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; Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library serves 3,831 people in and around Cutchogue, and its numbers cover all of them.
About 9 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Every hour the doors are open, about 42 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
131K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
30,470 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.36 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Cutchogue cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.7M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.7M 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 2,926 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 8 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library serves 3,831 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Find it
Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library, 27550 Main Road, Cutchogue.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library branch.
New in Cutchogue? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutchogue | Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library | — | 60 |
| Mattituck | Mattituck-Laurel Library fine-free | — | 59 |
| Peconic | None of its own | — | — |
| New Suffolk | 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.
- System-wide. Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library serves 3,831 people in and around Cutchogue, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Cutchogue.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Cutchogue.
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.