Library · Port Jervis
Port Jervis Free Library
Port Jervis’s library is the Port Jervis Free Library, a branch of Port Jervis Free Library, open about 56 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024School-district system. Port Jervis’s branch belongs to Port Jervis Free Library, which serves 17,073 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Port Jervis Free Library
138 Pike Street, Port Jervis 12771
56 hrsopen a week
14,130sq 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 Jervis Free Library
45K
visits
2.6 per resident
49K
loans, print + digital
2.9 per resident
495
programs & events
3,220 attended
4,427
library cards
26% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 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
2.6 visits · typical 3.1
A little below typical (43th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
2.1 print items · typical 3.9
A little below typical (26th percentile)
Digital borrowing
0.8 e-items · typical 1.1
A little below typical (40th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
0.8 kids’ items · typical 1.8
A little below typical (27th percentile)
Program attendance
0.2 attendees · typical 0.4
Lower than most similar-size libraries (19th percentile)
Cardholders
26% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (24th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
49K loans last year
Books & media (adults)43%Kids’ books & media29%E-books, audio & streaming28%
Who the programs are for
495 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$60 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1M.
Local 91%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.