Library · Palos Verdes Estates
Malaga Cove Library
Palos Verdes Estates’s library is the Malaga Cove Library, a branch of Palos Verdes Library District, open about 40 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024School-district system. Palos Verdes Estates’s branch belongs to Palos Verdes Library District, which serves 66,110 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Malaga Cove Library
2400 Via Campesina, Palos Verdes Estates 90274
40 hrsopen a week
15,000sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Palos Verdes Library District
794K
visits
12.0 per resident
1M
loans, print + digital
15.5 per resident
804
programs & events
29K attended
71K
library cards
100% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people
Per-resident numbers, compared only with libraries of a similar size across the country, because a tiny town’s library always looks busier per person.
Visits per resident
12.0 visits · typical 2.6
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
13.1 print items · typical 3.7
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
2.4 e-items · typical 1.2
Higher than 79% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
7.1 kids’ items · typical 1.7
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.4 attendees · typical 0.3
Higher than 66% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
100% of residents
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
1M loans last year
Books & media (adults)39%Kids’ books & media46%E-books, audio & streaming15%
Who the programs are for
804 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$161 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $11M.
Local 91%Gifts & other 9%
About these numbers
How to read this page
Hours are an averageThe 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.
One year, the library’s own countLibraries report their own visits, loans and programs for fiscal year 2024. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Distances are straight-line from the town center.