Beaverdale Public Library
Beaverdale Public Library serves 2,303 people in and around Beaverdale. Last year it lent 9,260 books, movies and e-books and logged 5,388 visits.
What Beaverdale’s library is like
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
54% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 21%. What your card is worth ↓
A small-town library
Beaverdale Public Library serves 2,303 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 44 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Beaverdale Public Library serves more than Beaverdale
The library’s service area covers 2,303 people in and around Beaverdale, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
79% of the 132 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 22 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
40% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 40% of loans, more per resident than at 66% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 60%. What people borrow ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
40% of borrowing is digital
9,260 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 15K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
3,716 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.24 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Beaverdale cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $71K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $159K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $71K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
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 1,259 cardholders ÷ 12.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Close to typical for its size
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
library systems for visits per resident.
Beaverdale Public Library serves 2,303 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
132 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Beaverdale Public Library, 506 Jefferson Ave, Beaverdale.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Beaverdale? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverdale | Beaverdale Public Library fine-free | 4.0 | 44 |
| Summerhill Township | Beaverdale Public Library fine-free | 4.0 | 44 |
| Adams Township | None of its own | — | — |
| Croyle Township | None of its own | — | — |
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.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Beaverdale.
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.