Library · Westhampton Beach
Westhampton Free Library
Westhampton Beach’s library is the Westhampton Free Library, a branch of Westhampton Free Library, open about 32 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024School-district system. Westhampton Beach’s branch belongs to Westhampton Free Library, which serves 6,691 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Westhampton Free Library
7 Library Avenue, Westhampton Beach 11978
32 hrsopen a week
14,250sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
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 Westhampton Free Library
84K
visits
12.5 per resident
132K
loans, print + digital
19.7 per resident
1,819
programs & events
27K attended
14K
library cards
100% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 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
12.5 visits · typical 3.0
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
8.4 print items · typical 3.8
Higher than 86% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
11.3 e-items · typical 1.0
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
3.4 kids’ items · typical 1.6
Higher than 82% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
4.1 attendees · typical 0.5
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
100% of residents
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
132K loans last year
Books & media (adults)25%Kids’ books & media17%E-books, audio & streaming57%
Who the programs are for
1,819 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$503 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $3.4M.
Local 94%State 1%Gifts & other 5%
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.