Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Boynton Beach’s library lends 1.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Boynton Beach City Library serves Boynton Beach’s 82,393 residents. Last year it lent 118K print books and media and logged 179K visits.
What Boynton Beach’s library is like
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, Boynton Beach City Library sits below the middle on all five per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on four. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
73% of the 786 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 144 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
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 Boynton Beach’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Boynton Beach is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns, #173 of 273 in Florida. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Boynton Beach’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($53K–$88K) 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 →
236 community nonprofits are registered in Boynton Beach
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 (104 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 12 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.1%
5.1% of Boynton Beach’s 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 Boynton Beach’s 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.
Boynton Beach City Library serves 82,393 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1905 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
118K 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 Boynton Beach’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 94K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.3 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
Boynton Beach City Library, 100 East Ocean Avenue, Boynton Beach.
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 Boynton Beach cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.9M 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 20,295 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delray Beach | Delray Beach Public Library fine-free | 1.8 | 61 | C+ |
| Boynton Beach | Boynton Beach City Library fine-free | 1.4 | — | C− |
| Hypoluxo | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Ocean Ridge | None of its own | — | — | D− |
| Gulf Stream | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| San Castle | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Manalapan | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Golf | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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 Boynton Beach
Does Boynton Beach have a public library?
Yes. Boynton Beach City Library, 100 East Ocean Avenue, serves Boynton Beach’s 82,393 residents (the survey’s count).
Is Boynton Beach City Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Boynton Beach’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 1.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Boynton Beach’s civic life grade?
C− Boynton Beach is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns on civic life, #173 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 Boynton Beach.
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.