Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library serves 34,360 people in and around Thiells. Last year it lent 225K books, movies and e-books and logged 123K visits.
What Thiells’s library is like
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library ran 1,493 programs last year, about 29 a week. That’s 43 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Thiells invests in its library
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library spends $172 per resident a year, about four times the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (97%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library serves more than Thiells
The library’s service area covers 34,360 people in and around Thiells, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
A place to get online
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library logs about 379 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 30 public computers. That’s 4 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
Programs lean toward adults
55% of the 1,493 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 455 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.
About 9 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.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Thiells cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $5.9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $5.9M 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 11,203 cardholders ÷ 12.
Every hour the doors are open, about 38 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Find it
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library, 10 West Ramapo Road, Garnerville.
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 Thiells? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
library systems for visits per resident.
Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library serves 34,360 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
225K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 149K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.3 time last year, on average.
34,626 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Libraries next door
Thiells borrows the most per resident of the 3 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thiells | Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library fine-free | 6.5 | 60 |
| Haverstraw | Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library fine-free | 6.5 | 60 |
| Stony Point | Rose Memorial Library Association fine-free | 1.6 | 47 |
| West Haverstraw | None of its own | — | — |
| Mount Ivy | 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 Thiells.
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.