Library · Baxter Estates
Port Washington Public Library
Baxter Estates’s library is the Port Washington Public Library, a branch of Port Washington Public Library, open about 69 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024School-district system. Baxter Estates’s branch belongs to Port Washington Public Library, which serves 32,438 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Port Washington Public Library
1 Library Drive, Port Washington 11050
69 hrsopen a week
47,000sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Auto-renews loansBooks renew on their own if no one’s waiting
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Port Washington Public Library
277K
visits
8.5 per resident
362K
loans, print + digital
11.2 per resident
2,742
programs & events
41K attended
29K
library cards
90% 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
8.5 visits · typical 2.6
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
7.2 print items · typical 3.7
Higher than 79% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
3.9 e-items · typical 1.2
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
3.6 kids’ items · typical 1.7
Higher than 81% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
1.3 attendees · typical 0.3
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
90% of residents
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
362K loans last year
Books & media (adults)33%Kids’ books & media32%E-books, audio & streaming35%
Who the programs are for
2,742 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$226 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $7.3M.
Local 95%State 0%Gifts & other 5%
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.