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Nopl @ Brewerton

Nopl @ Brewerton serves 57,438 people in and around Brewerton. Last year it lent 432K books, movies and e-books and logged 124K visits.

5440 Bennett Street, Brewerton 13029 · about 51 hours a week
Borrowed a year
432K
7.5 per resident
Visits a year
124K
2.2 per resident · Below typical (2.6)
Programs & events
1,222
about 24 a week · 22K attended
Cardholders
47%
26,758 cards
Open
51 hrs
a week

What stands out about Nopl @ Brewerton

Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · What your card is worth

For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.37 worth

Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Brewerton cardholder borrows.

In a month I’d use…
Books$17 each
1
Kids’ books$12 each
0
E-books & audio$15 each
0
Movies & music$4 each
0
Programs & classes$10 a program
0
Computer & Wi-Fi$3 a session
0
Your card saves you about
$0
a year at retail prices · $0 a month

Who pays for it
$49 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.8M.

Local taxes 93%State 4%Gifts & other 3%

Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.8M 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 26,758 cardholders ÷ 12.

A year at the library

Every hour the doors are open, about 49 items go out

Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.

124K
visits
2.2 per resident
432K
loans, print + digital
7.5 per resident
1,222
programs & events
22K attended
27K
library cards
47% of people served
Every open hour49items borrowed
Every week429people at a program
Every week2,390visits
26 staff (full-time equivalent)17 public computers82K books & media on the shelves
How it compares

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.

Visits per resident 2.2 visits · typical 2.6Lower than 60%
Borrowing per resident 5.8 print items · typical 3.7Higher than 69%
Digital borrowing 1.8 e-items · typical 1.2Higher than 66%
Kids’ borrowing 2.4 kids’ items · typical 1.7Higher than 64%
Program attendance 0.4 attendees · typical 0.3Higher than 60%
Programs offered 21.3 per 1,000 residents · typical 14Higher than 71%
Cardholders 47% of residents · typical 39%Higher than 63%
Spending $49 per resident · typical $40Higher than 61%
Fewer per residentMore per resident
In New York
#566 of 757

library systems for visits per resident.

Size group

Nopl @ Brewerton serves 57,438 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.

What people borrow

Mostly books and media off the shelf

432K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.

432Kloans
Books & media (adults) 45%Kids’ books & media 32%E-books, audio & streaming 23%
How hard the shelves work
4.1×

Each of the 82K books and other items on the shelves went out about 4.1 times last year, on average.

From your couch

100,963 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.

Kids & programs

About 6 kids’ programs a week

Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.

Schools in Brewerton →

Programs last year by age group

Ages 0–5181
Ages 6–11133
Teens101
Adults584
All ages223
Little ones
3.5

story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.

138K
kids’ books & media borrowed
22K
people at programs
1,222
programs
The building

Find it

Nopl @ Brewerton, 5440 Bennett Street, Brewerton.

51
hours open a week
4,792
square feet
82K
books & media
With a card

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 Brewerton? The Handbook →

Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.

Next door

Libraries next door

Brewerton ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.

12+ loans per resident8–124–8Under 4No library / shared system
TownLibraryLoans per residentHours
HastingsCentral Square Library fine-free12.038
BrewertonNopl @ Brewerton fine-free7.551
CiceroNopl @ Cicero fine-free7.550
ClayNone of its own——
West MonroeNone 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.

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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.

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