Library · Port Chester
Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library
Port Chester’s library is the Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library, a branch of Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library, open about 55 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Port Chester’s branch belongs to Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library, which serves 41,740 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library
1 Haseco Avenue, Port Chester 10573
55 hrsopen a week
18,700sq ft
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
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 Chester-Rye Brook Public Library
136K
visits
3.2 per resident
153K
loans, print + digital
3.7 per resident
698
programs & events
17K attended
9,382
library cards
22% 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
3.2 visits · typical 2.6
Higher than 63% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
2.3 print items · typical 3.7
A little below typical (31th percentile)
Digital borrowing
1.4 e-items · typical 1.2
Higher than 56% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
1.3 kids’ items · typical 1.7
A little below typical (38th percentile)
Program attendance
0.4 attendees · typical 0.3
Higher than 63% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
22% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (17th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
153K loans last year
Books & media (adults)28%Kids’ books & media35%E-books, audio & streaming38%
Who the programs are for
698 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$46 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.9M.
Local 92%State 1%Gifts & other 8%
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.