Library · Downingtown
Downingtown Library Company
Downingtown’s library is the Downingtown Library Company, a branch of Downingtown Library Company, open about 56 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Downingtown’s branch belongs to Downingtown Library Company, which serves 44,546 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Downingtown Library Company
122 Wallace Ave, Downingtown 19335
56 hrsopen a week
4,432sq 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 Downingtown Library Company
112K
visits
2.5 per resident
201K
loans, print + digital
4.5 per resident
814
programs & events
14K attended
12K
library cards
27% 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
2.5 visits · typical 2.6
A little below typical (48th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
3.5 print items · typical 3.7
A little below typical (47th percentile)
Digital borrowing
1.0 e-items · typical 1.2
A little below typical (44th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
2.4 kids’ items · typical 1.7
Higher than 65% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.3 attendees · typical 0.3
A little below typical (49th percentile)
Cardholders
27% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (24th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
201K loans last year
Books & media (adults)24%Kids’ books & media54%E-books, audio & streaming22%
Who the programs are for
814 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$10 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $452K.
Local 47%State 20%Gifts & other 33%
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.