Library · Kilmarnock
Lancaster Community Library
Kilmarnock’s library is the Lancaster Community Library, a branch of Lancaster Community Library, open about 54 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Multi-county system. Kilmarnock’s branch belongs to Lancaster Community Library, which serves 10,945 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Lancaster Community Library
16 Town Centre Drive, Kilmarnock 22482
54 hrsopen a week
27,000sq 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 Lancaster Community Library
63K
visits
5.8 per resident
74K
loans, print + digital
6.8 per resident
707
programs & events
48K attended
2,759
library cards
25% 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
5.8 visits · typical 3.1
Higher than 84% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
4.8 print items · typical 3.9
Higher than 60% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
2.0 e-items · typical 1.1
Higher than 74% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
1.0 kids’ items · typical 1.8
A little below typical (31th percentile)
Program attendance
4.4 attendees · typical 0.4
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
25% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (22th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
74K loans last year
Books & media (adults)56%Kids’ books & media15%E-books, audio & streaming29%
Who the programs are for
707 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$69 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $753K.
Local 74%State 19%Gifts & other 7%
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.