Westport Village’s library logs 12 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Westport Library serves 27,470 people in and around Westport Village. Last year it lent 366K books, movies and e-books and logged 335K visits.
The short version on Westport Village’s library
Westport Village uses its library more than almost any town its size
Westport Library logs 12 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, and lends 11 print items per resident against a typical 3.7. On both counts it beats 91% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Westport Library ran 1,585 programs last year, about 30 a week. That’s 58 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. People show up: 55,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Westport Village invests in its library
Westport Library spends $246 per resident a year, about six times the typical $40 for a library its size. What your card is worth ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 50% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 91% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Open about 66 hours a week
Westport Library is open about 66 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 106 items go out. The building ↓
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.
What’s behind Westport Village’s civic life grade
Westport Village isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
About 9 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Westport Library serves 27,470 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 106 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
366K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 111K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.7 times last year, on average.
71,134 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Westport Library, 20 Jesup Road, Westport.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Westport Village? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Westport Village cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $6.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $6.8M budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 13,295 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westport Village | Westport Library | 13.3 | 66 | — graded as part of its town |
| Old Hill | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Staples | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Saugatuck | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Compo | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Coleytown | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
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. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- 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.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Westport Village
Does Westport Village have a public library?
Yes. Westport Library, 20 Jesup Road, serves 27,470 people in and around Westport Village (the survey’s count) and is open about 66 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Westport Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Westport Village’s library?
It logged 12.2 visits and lent 13.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Westport Village’s civic life grade?
Westport Village isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Westport Village.
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.