Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Dania Beach’s library is a branch of Broward County Libraries Division, which lends less per resident than 82% of systems its size
Dania Beach’s library is the Dania Beach Paul Demaio Branch, a branch of Broward County Libraries Division, which serves 1,776,271 people and lent 3M items last year.
Dania Beach’s library, in brief
More of a place to be than a place to borrow
Visits per resident beat 77% of similar-size libraries, while borrowing beats only 18%. The building also logs about 1,109 Wi-Fi sessions a day. A year at the library ↓
Nearly everyone the system serves has a card
1,621,210 cards for 1,776,271 people, or 91%. At the typical library serving 100,000+ people, it’s 41%. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
52% of the 17,183 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 6,376 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; Dania Beach’s library is a branch of Broward County Libraries Division, so they cover the whole system (1,776,271 people), not just the Dania Beach branch.
What’s behind Dania Beach’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Dania Beach is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns, #234 of 273 in Florida. Dania Beach is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Dania Beach’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($40K–$66K) 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 →
66 community nonprofits are registered in Dania Beach
2.1 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 (22 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.
4.3%
4.3% of Dania 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 Dania Beach’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Broward County Libraries Division serves 1,776,271 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 32 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Broward County Libraries Division system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
3M 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 Dania Beach’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
About 123 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.
Find it
Dania Beach Paul Demaio Branch, 1 Park Avenue East, Dania Beach.
No late fees. Good at every Broward County Libraries Division branch.
New in Dania Beach? 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 Dania Beach cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $78M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $57M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $78M 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 1,621,210 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dania Beach | Dania Beach Paul Demaio Branch fine-free | — | 46 | D− |
| Hollywood | Hollywood Branch fine-free | — | 52 | D |
| Fort Lauderdale | Broward County Main Library fine-free | — | 46 | C+ |
| Davie | Davie/Cooper City Branch fine-free | — | 46 | C− |
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. Dania Beach Paul Demaio Branch is one branch of Broward County Libraries Division, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 1,776,271 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 Dania Beach
Does Dania Beach have a public library?
Yes: Dania Beach Paul Demaio Branch, 1 Park Avenue East, is a branch of Broward County Libraries Division, which serves 1,776,271 people. The branch is open about 46 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Broward County Libraries Division fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Dania Beach’s library?
It logged 3.0 visits and lent 1.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Dania Beach’s civic life grade?
D− Dania Beach is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns on civic life, #234 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 Dania 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.