Library · Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown Public Library
Elizabethtown’s library is the Elizabethtown Public Library, a branch of Elizabethtown Public Library, open about 45 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024School-district system. Elizabethtown’s branch belongs to Elizabethtown Public Library, which serves 31,985 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Elizabethtown Public Library
10 South Market Street, Elizabethtown 17022
45 hrsopen a week
18,464sq 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 Elizabethtown Public Library
147K
visits
4.6 per resident
202K
loans, print + digital
6.3 per resident
381
programs & events
7,377 attended
8,868
library cards
28% 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
4.6 visits · typical 2.6
Higher than 83% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
5.7 print items · typical 3.7
Higher than 68% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
0.7 e-items · typical 1.2
A little below typical (29th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
3.5 kids’ items · typical 1.7
Higher than 79% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.2 attendees · typical 0.3
A little below typical (34th percentile)
Cardholders
28% of residents
A little below typical (26th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
202K loans last year
Books & media (adults)34%Kids’ books & media55%E-books, audio & streaming10%
Who the programs are for
381 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$32 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1M.
Local 26%State 15%Gifts & other 59%
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.