Community Library of Allegheny Valley
Community Library of Allegheny Valley serves 22,610 people in and around Natrona Heights. Last year it lent 151K books, movies and e-books and logged 49K visits.
Natrona Heights’s library, in brief
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
33% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 43%. What your card is worth ↓
Most programs are for young children
66% of the 591 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 4.7 a week for ages 0–5. 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; Community Library of Allegheny Valley serves 22,610 people in and around Natrona Heights, and its numbers cover all of them.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $4.21 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Natrona Heights cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $553K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $553K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
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 6,415 cardholders ÷ 12.
Every hour the doors are open, about 63 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Community Library of Allegheny Valley system. The library’s own count.
Close to typical for its size
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Community Library of Allegheny Valley serves 22,610 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
151K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
40,205 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 8 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Community Library of Allegheny Valley, 1522 Broadview Blvd., Natrona Heights.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Community Library of Allegheny Valley branch.
New in Natrona Heights? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natrona Heights | Community Library of Allegheny Valley fine-free | — | 46 |
| Harrison | Community Library of Allegheny Valley fine-free | — | 46 |
| Natrona | None of its own | — | — |
| Brackenridge | 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.
- System-wide. Community Library of Allegheny Valley serves 22,610 people in and around Natrona Heights, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Natrona Heights.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Natrona Heights.
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.