Library · Tower
Tower-Porter Community Library
Tower’s library is the Tower-Porter Community Library, a branch of Tower-Porter Community Library, open about 18 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Tower’s branch belongs to Tower-Porter Community Library, which serves 3,564 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Tower-Porter Community Library
230 E Grand Ave, Tower City 17980
18 hrsopen a week
1,020sq 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 Tower-Porter Community Library
504
visits
0.1 per resident
422
loans, print + digital
0.1 per resident
3
programs & events
9 attended
1,009
library cards
28% 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
0.1 visits · typical 3.0
Lower than most similar-size libraries (1th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
0.1 print items · typical 3.8
Lower than most similar-size libraries (0th percentile)
Digital borrowing
0.0 e-items · typical 1.0
Lower than most similar-size libraries (6th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
0.0 kids’ items · typical 1.6
Lower than most similar-size libraries (1th percentile)
Program attendance
0.0 attendees · typical 0.5
Lower than most similar-size libraries (1th percentile)
Cardholders
28% of residents
A little below typical (27th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
422 loans last year
Books & media (adults)93%Kids’ books & media7%E-books, audio & streaming0%
Who the programs are for
3 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$7 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $24K.
Local 32%State 54%Gifts & other 13%
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.