Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0North Miami Beach’s library logs 20 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
North Miami Beach Public Library serves North Miami Beach’s 43,575 residents. Last year it lent 297K print books and media and logged 885K visits.
The short version on North Miami Beach’s library
North Miami Beach ranks 3rd in Florida for borrowing
Out of 20 Florida towns with a library of their own, North Miami Beach comes 3rd for items borrowed per resident. How it compares ↓
People come to North Miami Beach Public Library a lot
North Miami Beach Public Library logs 20 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, more than 99% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 6.8 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
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 North Miami Beach’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, North Miami Beach is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns, #99 of 273 in Florida. Library visits hold the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
North Miami Beach Public Library logged 20.3 visits per resident in FY2024, #27 of the 3,790 town libraries we compare. The survey counts every visit, residents or not, and libraries don’t report how many come from out of town.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($47K–$79K) 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 →
108 community nonprofits are registered in North Miami Beach
2.5 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 (86 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 14 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
3.1%
3.1% of North Miami 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 North Miami Beach’s residents live; 2022.
A year at North Miami Beach Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 4 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
North Miami Beach Public Library serves 43,575 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Books and media off the shelf
297K 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 North Miami Beach’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 83K books and other items on the shelves went out about 3.6 times last year, on average.
Find it
North Miami Beach Public Library, 1601 Northeast 164th Street, North Miami Beach.
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 $3.15 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average North Miami Beach cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $5.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.6M 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 30,462 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Miami Beach | North Miami Beach Public Library fine-free | 6.8 | 53 | C+ |
| North Miami | North Miami Public Library fine-free | 0.3 | 55 | C− |
| Biscayne Gardens | Golden Glades Branch Library fine-free | — | 56 | — unincorporated |
| Aventura | Northeast Branch Library fine-free | — | 56 | C− |
| Sunny Isles Beach | Sunny Isles Beach Branch Library fine-free | — | 56 | D |
| Miami Gardens | North Dade Regional Library fine-free | — | 56 | D |
| Ojus | 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.
- Visits count everyone. North Miami Beach’s 885,322 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. North Miami Beach Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- 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 North Miami Beach
Does North Miami Beach have a public library?
Yes. North Miami Beach Public Library, 1601 Northeast 164th Street, serves North Miami Beach’s 43,575 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 53 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is North Miami Beach Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is North Miami Beach’s library?
It logged 20.3 visits and lent 6.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is North Miami Beach’s civic life grade?
C+ North Miami Beach is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns on civic life, #99 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 North Miami 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.