Perrot Memorial Library
Perrot Memorial Library serves 63,574 people in and around Old Greenwich. Last year it lent 133K books, movies and e-books and logged 111K visits.
The short version on Old Greenwich’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, Perrot Memorial Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on four. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 8% of the people Perrot Memorial Library serves have a library card, against a typical 39% for its size. How it compares ↓
Perrot Memorial Library serves more than Old Greenwich
The library’s service area covers 63,574 people in and around Old Greenwich, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
69% of the 634 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 6.6 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 59% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 62% of similar-size libraries, so the high share mostly reflects light borrowing by adults. What people borrow ↓
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.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.10 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Old Greenwich cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2M 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 4,849 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
Perrot Memorial Library, 90 Sound Beach Ave., Greenwich.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Old Greenwich? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Every hour the doors are open, about 44 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Close to typical for its size
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.
Perrot Memorial Library serves 63,574 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
133K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 56K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.4 times last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 8 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.
Libraries next door
Old Greenwich ranks 3rd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
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 Old Greenwich.
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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.