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Nanuet Public Library

Nanuet’s library is the Nanuet Public Library, a branch of Nanuet Public Library, which serves 14,199 people and lent 155K items last year.

149 Church Street, Nanuet 10954 · about 59 hours a week
Borrowed a year
155K
10.9 per resident
Visits a year
79K
5.6 per resident · Above typical (3.1)
Programs & events
788
about 15 a week · 17K attended
Cardholders
42%
6,026 cards
Open
59 hrs
a week at this branch

What stands out about Nanuet Public Library

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

★ What stands out · Kids & programs

About 7 kids’ programs a week

Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.

Schools in Nanuet →

Programs last year by age group

Ages 0–5185
Ages 6–11158
Teens89
Adults352
All ages4
Little ones
3.6

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

50K
kids’ books & media borrowed
17K
people at programs
788
programs
What your card is worth

What a library card is worth

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

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

Who pays for it
$203 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $2.9M.

Local taxes 96%State 0%Gifts & other 4%

Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.9M 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 6,026 cardholders ÷ 12.

What people borrow

Mostly books and media off the shelf

155K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.

155Kloans
Books & media (adults) 46%Kids’ books & media 33%E-books, audio & streaming 22%
From your couch

33,520 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.

A year at the library

Every hour the doors are open, about 50 items go out

Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Nanuet Public Library system. The library’s own count.

79K
visits
5.6 per resident
155K
loans, print + digital
10.9 per resident
788
programs & events
17K attended
6,026
library cards
42% of people served
Every open hour5items borrowed
Every week322people at a program
Every day193Wi-Fi sessions
25 staff (full-time equivalent)17 public computers
The building

Find it

Nanuet Public Library, 149 Church Street, Nanuet.

59
hours open a week
19,421
square feet
With a card

E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Nanuet Public Library branch.

New in Nanuet? The Handbook →

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

How it compares

Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures

Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 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 5.6 visits · typical 3.1Higher than 83%
Borrowing per resident 8.5 print items · typical 3.9Higher than 85%
Digital borrowing 2.4 e-items · typical 1.1Higher than 81%
Kids’ borrowing 3.5 kids’ items · typical 1.8Higher than 80%
Program attendance 1.2 attendees · typical 0.4Top 10%
Programs offered 55.5 per 1,000 residents · typical 24Top 10%
Cardholders 42% of residents · typical 40%Higher than 55%
Spending $203 per resident · typical $43Top 10%
Fewer per residentMore per resident
Size group

Nanuet Public Library serves 14,199 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.

Next door

Libraries next door

Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.

12+ loans per resident8–124–8Under 4No library / shared system
TownLibraryLoans per residentHours
ClarkstownValley Cottage Free Library13.761
OrangetownOrangeburg Library6.354
NanuetNanuet Public Library—59
Spring ValleyFinkelstein Memorial Library—65
New CityNew City Free Library fine-free—65
West NyackWest Nyack Free Library—62
Pearl RiverPearl River Public Library—61
RamapoSuffern Free Library—62
Chestnut RidgeNone of its own——
BardoniaNone of its own——
HillcrestNone 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. Nanuet Public Library is one branch of Nanuet Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 14,199 people it serves.

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Reading, story times and the library in Nanuet.

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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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