North Babylon Public Library
North Babylon’s library is the North Babylon Public Library, a branch of North Babylon Public Library, which serves 30,833 people and lent 102K items last year.
What stands out about North Babylon Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average North Babylon cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.6M 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 12,492 cardholders ÷ 12.
54% of borrowing is digital
102K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
55,542 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
North Babylon Public Library, 815 Deer Park Avenue, North Babylon.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every North Babylon Public Library branch.
New in North Babylon? 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 31 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole North Babylon Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Strongest at programs offered
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.
North Babylon Public Library serves 30,833 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
About 6 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Babylon | North Babylon Public Library | — | 63 |
| West Islip | West Islip Public Library fine-free | — | 61 |
| Babylon | Babylon Public Library fine-free | — | 60 |
| Islip | Islip Public Library | — | 67 |
| West Babylon | West Babylon Public Library | — | 60 |
| Deer Park | Deer Park Public Library | — | 52 |
| Babylon | Babylon Public Library fine-free | — | 60 |
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. North Babylon Public Library is one branch of North Babylon Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 30,833 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in North Babylon.
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.