Library · Beaver Falls
Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls
Beaver Falls’s library is the Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls, a branch of Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls, open about 35 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Beaver Falls’s branch belongs to Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls, which serves 17,271 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls
1301 7th Ave, Beaver Falls 15010
35 hrsopen a week
17,000sq ft
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls
36K
visits
2.1 per resident
24K
loans, print + digital
1.4 per resident
3,964
library cards
23% 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
2.1 visits · typical 3.1
A little below typical (31th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
1.2 print items · typical 3.9
Lower than most similar-size libraries (12th percentile)
Digital borrowing
0.2 e-items · typical 1.1
Lower than most similar-size libraries (10th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
0.6 kids’ items · typical 1.8
Lower than most similar-size libraries (19th percentile)
Cardholders
23% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (18th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
24K loans last year
Books & media (adults)40%Kids’ books & media44%E-books, audio & streaming16%
Money
Who pays for it
$14 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $249K.
Local 13%State 33%Gifts & other 53%
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.