Library · Leacock
Pequea Valley Public Library
Leacock’s library is the Pequea Valley Public Library, a branch of Intercourse Library, open about 44 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024School-district system. Leacock’s branch belongs to Intercourse Library, which serves 22,818 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Pequea Valley Public Library
31 Center Street, Intercourse 17534
44 hrsopen a week
8,500sq 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 Intercourse Library
31K
visits
1.4 per resident
213K
loans, print + digital
9.3 per resident
80
programs & events
829 attended
4,024
library cards
18% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 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
1.4 visits · typical 3.1
Lower than most similar-size libraries (19th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
9.1 print items · typical 3.9
Higher than 88% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
0.3 e-items · typical 1.1
Lower than most similar-size libraries (12th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
6.7 kids’ items · typical 1.8
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.0 attendees · typical 0.4
Lower than most similar-size libraries (3th percentile)
Cardholders
18% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (10th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
213K loans last year
Books & media (adults)25%Kids’ books & media72%E-books, audio & streaming3%
Who the programs are for
80 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$13 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $293K.
Local 24%State 43%Gifts & other 32%
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.