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Media Upper Providence Free Library
Media’s library is the Media Upper Providence Free Library, a branch of Media Upper Providence Free Library, open about 52 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Media’s branch belongs to Media Upper Providence Free Library, which serves 16,753 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Media Upper Providence Free Library
1 East Front St., Media 19063
52 hrsopen a week
7,040sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Auto-renews loansBooks renew on their own if no one’s waiting
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Media Upper Providence Free Library
127K
visits
7.6 per resident
172K
loans, print + digital
10.3 per resident
515
programs & events
15K attended
9,410
library cards
56% 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
7.6 visits · typical 3.1
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
7.0 print items · typical 3.9
Higher than 78% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
3.3 e-items · typical 1.1
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
4.1 kids’ items · typical 1.8
Higher than 84% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.9 attendees · typical 0.4
Higher than 83% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
56% of residents
Higher than 75% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
172K loans last year
Books & media (adults)28%Kids’ books & media40%E-books, audio & streaming32%
Who the programs are for
515 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$36 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $601K.
Local 52%State 10%Gifts & other 38%
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.