Photo: ONUnicorn · CC BY-SA 4.0Coatesville’s library logs 8.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library serves 2,341 people in and around Coatesville. Last year it lent 13K books, movies and e-books and logged 19K visits.
Coatesville’s library, in brief
Most programs are for young children
79% of the 58 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 33 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 60% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 71% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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; Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library serves 2,341 people in and around Coatesville, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Coatesville’s civic life grade
Coatesville isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library serves 2,341 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
13K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
3,460 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
58 programs a year
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
Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library, 4928 Milton Street, Coatesville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library branch.
New in Coatesville? 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 Coatesville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $228K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $211K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $228K 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 497 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library serves 2,341 people in and around Coatesville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Coatesville.
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 Coatesville
Does Coatesville have a public library?
Yes. Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library, 4928 Milton Street, serves 2,341 people in and around Coatesville (the survey’s count) and is open about 41 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Coatesville’s library?
It logged 8.2 visits and lent 5.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Coatesville’s civic life grade?
Coatesville isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Coatesville.
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.