Library · Jersey Shore
Jersey Shore Public Library
Jersey Shore’s library is the Jersey Shore Public Library, a branch of Jersey Shore Public Library, open about 49 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Jersey Shore’s branch belongs to Jersey Shore Public Library, which serves 5,694 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Jersey Shore Public Library
110 Oliver Street, Jersey Shore 17740
49 hrsopen a week
2,715sq 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 Jersey Shore Public Library
33K
visits
5.8 per resident
33K
loans, print + digital
5.9 per resident
57
programs & events
1,933 attended
4,301
library cards
76% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 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
5.8 visits · typical 3.0
Higher than 80% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
5.0 print items · typical 3.8
Higher than 63% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
0.9 e-items · typical 1.0
A little below typical (45th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
1.7 kids’ items · typical 1.6
Higher than 53% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.3 attendees · typical 0.5
A little below typical (36th percentile)
Cardholders
76% of residents
Higher than 82% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
33K loans last year
Books & media (adults)56%Kids’ books & media29%E-books, audio & streaming15%
Who the programs are for
57 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$38 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $218K.
Local 38%State 12%Gifts & other 50%
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.