Photo: Connor J Williams · CC BY 2.0Altamonte Springs’ library logs 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Altamonte Springs City Library serves Altamonte Springs’s 47,313 residents. Last year it lent 42K print books and media and logged 31K visits.
What Altamonte Springs’s library is like
Altamonte Springs City Library is used less than most libraries its size
Altamonte Springs City Library records 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people. Borrowing is 0.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7. It also spends less than most: $11 per resident, against a typical $40. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Altamonte Springs City Library spends $11 per resident, less than 95% of similar-size libraries (typical: $40). What your card is worth ↓
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 Altamonte Springs’ civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Altamonte Springs is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns, #217 of 273 in Florida. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Altamonte Springs’ count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Altamonte Springs City Library spends $11 per resident, against a typical $40 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($48K–$80K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
131 community nonprofits are registered in Altamonte Springs
2.9 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (46 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 6 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.3%
5.3% of Altamonte Springs’ Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 5.6% in the typical Florida town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Altamonte Springs’ residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Altamonte Springs City Library serves 47,313 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 17 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
42K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Altamonte Springs’ library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 39K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.1 time last year, on average.
About 3 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.
Find it
Altamonte Springs City Library, 281 Maitland Avenue, Altamonte Springs.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.52 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Altamonte Springs cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $504K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $766K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $504K 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 17,129 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maitland | Maitland Public Library fine-free | 5.1 | 63 | B+ |
| Altamonte Springs | Altamonte Springs City Library | 0.9 | 48 | D |
| Wekiwa Springs | West Branch Library | — | 61 | — unincorporated |
| Casselberry | Central Branch Library/Jean F. Rhein Library | — | 61 | C− |
| Fern Park | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Forest City | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Lockhart | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
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.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Altamonte Springs
Does Altamonte Springs have a public library?
Yes. Altamonte Springs City Library, 281 Maitland Avenue, serves Altamonte Springs’ 47,313 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 48 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Altamonte Springs City Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Altamonte Springs’ library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 0.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Altamonte Springs’ civic life grade?
D Altamonte Springs is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns on civic life, #217 of 273 in Florida. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Altamonte Springs.
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.