Elmont Public Library
Elmont Public Library serves 52,853 people in and around Elmont. Last year it lent 222K books, movies and e-books and logged 538K visits.
The short version on Elmont’s library
More of a place to be than a place to borrow
Visits per resident beat 99% of similar-size libraries, while borrowing beats only 44%. The building also logs about 99 Wi-Fi sessions a day. Program attendance beats 93% of similar libraries. A year at the library ↓
Programs draw a crowd
46,000 people came to the system’s 1,410 programs last year: 0.9 per resident, against a typical 0.3, more than at 93% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
54% of the 1,410 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 410 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; Elmont Public Library serves 52,853 people in and around Elmont, and its numbers cover all of them.
Every hour the doors are open, about 71 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Elmont Public Library system. The library’s own count.
About 8 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Elmont Public Library, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Elmont Public Library branch.
New in Elmont? 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.
Elmont Public Library serves 52,853 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
222K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
51,565 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.22 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Elmont cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.1M budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 29,082 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floral Park | Floral Park Public Library | 5.5 | 49 |
| Elmont | Elmont Public Library | — | 60 |
| Franklin Square | Franklin Square Public Library | — | 56 |
| Hempstead | Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library | — | 69 |
| New York | Brooklyn Public Library fine-free | — | 64 |
| North Valley Stream | None of its own | — | — |
| South Floral Park | 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.
- System-wide. Elmont Public Library serves 52,853 people in and around Elmont, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Elmont.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Elmont.
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.