Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Winter Park’s library lends 17 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Winter Park Public Library serves Winter Park’s 30,507 residents. Last year it lent 529K print books and media and logged 183K visits.
The short version on Winter Park’s library
Winter Park borrows more library books per person than any town in Florida
Out of 20 Florida towns with a library of their own, Winter Park comes first for items borrowed per resident. How it compares ↓
Winter Park uses its library more than almost any town its size
Winter Park Public Library logs 6 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, and lends 17 print items per resident against a typical 3.7. On both counts it beats 92% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Winter Park Public Library ran 1,413 programs last year, about 27 a week. That’s 46 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. People show up: 40,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
The shelves work hard
Each of the 71,000 items on the shelves went out about 7.5 times last year, on average. What people borrow ↓
Open about 72 hours a week
Winter Park Public Library is open about 72 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 141 items go out. The building ↓
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 Winter Park’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Winter Park is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns, #6 of 273 in Florida. Winter Park’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
250 community nonprofits are registered in Winter Park
8.3 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 (45 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 15 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.0%
7.0% of Winter Park’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 Winter Park’s residents live; 2022.
About 13 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Winter Park Public Library serves 30,507 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 141 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
529K 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 Winter Park’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 71K books and other items on the shelves went out about 7.5 times last year, on average.
Find it
Winter Park Public Library, 1052 West Morse Boulevard, Winter Park.
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 $2.20 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Winter Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $4.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $9.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $4.4M 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 22,944 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Park | Winter Park Public Library fine-free | 17.4 | 72 | A− |
| Maitland | Maitland Public Library fine-free | 5.1 | 63 | B+ |
| Fairview Shores | Fairview Shores Branch fine-free | — | 49 | — unincorporated |
| Orlando | Orlando Public Library fine-free | — | 54 | C |
| Eatonville | Eatonville Branch fine-free | — | 49 | D |
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 Winter Park
Does Winter Park have a public library?
Yes. Winter Park Public Library, 1052 West Morse Boulevard, serves Winter Park’s 30,507 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 72 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Winter Park Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Winter Park’s library?
It logged 6.0 visits and lent 17.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Winter Park’s civic life grade?
A− Winter Park is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns on civic life, #6 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 Winter Park.
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.