Lower Providence Community Library
Lower Providence Community Library serves 25,625 people in and around Eagleville. Last year it lent 243K books, movies and e-books and logged 106K visits.
What Eagleville’s library is like
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 58% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 89% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Lower Providence Community Library ran 1,029 programs last year, about 20 a week. That’s 40 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
The shelves work hard
Each of the 51,000 items on the shelves went out about 4.1 times last year, on average. What people borrow ↓
Lower Providence Community Library serves more than Eagleville
The library’s service area covers 25,625 people in and around Eagleville, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
70% of the 1,029 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 274 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
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.
About 5 kids’ programs a week
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.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
243K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 51K books and other items on the shelves went out about 4.1 times last year, on average.
33,130 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Every hour the doors are open, about 88 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 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.
Lower Providence Community Library serves 25,625 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $4.43 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Eagleville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $819K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $819K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 12,081 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
Lower Providence Community Library, 50 Parklane Dr, Eagleville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Eagleville? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagleville | Lower Providence Community Library | 9.5 | 53 |
| Trooper | 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 Eagleville.
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.