Beverly Hills’ library is a branch of Citrus County Library System, which lends less per resident than 57% of systems its size
Beverly Hills’s library is the Central Ridge Library and Administrative Offices, a branch of Citrus County Library System, which serves 155,790 people and lent 440K items last year.
What stands out about Central Ridge Library and Administrative Offices
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Beverly Hills’ civic life grade
Beverly Hills isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Citrus County Library System, so there is no town figure for visits.
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 →
Volunteering in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
6.4%
6.4% of Beverly Hills’ 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 Beverly Hills’ residents live; 2022.
About 13 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Citrus County Library System serves 155,790 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 36 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Citrus County Library System system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
440K 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 Beverly Hills’ library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Find it
Central Ridge Library and Administrative Offices, 425 West Roosevelt Boulevard, Beverly Hills.
No late fees. Good at every Citrus County Library System branch.
New in Beverly Hills? The Handbook →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 $1.75 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Beverly Hills cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $4.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $7.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $4.5M 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 54,780 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Hills | Central Ridge Library and Administrative Offices fine-free | — | 49 | — unincorporated |
| Pine Ridge | 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.
- System-wide. Central Ridge Library and Administrative Offices is one branch of Citrus County Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 155,790 people it serves.
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 Beverly Hills
Does Beverly Hills have a public library?
Yes: Central Ridge Library and Administrative Offices, 425 West Roosevelt Boulevard, is a branch of Citrus County Library System, which serves 155,790 people. The branch is open about 49 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Citrus County Library System fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Beverly Hills’ library?
It logged 1.4 visits and lent 2.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Beverly Hills’ civic life grade?
Beverly Hills isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Citrus County Library System, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Beverly Hills.
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.