Photo: user:InvictaHOG · Public domainEverett’s library logs 0.8 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Everett Public Libraries serves Everett’s 49,350 residents from 2 locations. Last year it lent 49K print books and media and logged 38K visits.
What Everett’s library is like
Everett Public Libraries is used less than most libraries its size
Everett Public Libraries records 0.8 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people. Borrowing is 1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7. How it compares ↓
Open about 92 hours a week
The main library is open about 92 hours a week, averaged over the year. The buildings ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Everett Public Libraries holds 100,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once last year. 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.
What’s behind Everett’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Everett has fewer per resident than most U.S. towns. Everett’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the U.S. middle.
Everett’s 2024 visits are an estimate from one typical week (the survey’s method for libraries that don’t count every visit).
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($64K–$107K) 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 →
61 community nonprofits are registered in Everett
1.2 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 (39 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 4 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
2.8%
2.8% of Everett’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.9% in the typical Massachusetts 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 Everett’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Everett Public Libraries serves 49,350 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
49K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 100K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.5 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 5 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Everett last year.
2 places to borrow in Everett
Everett Public Libraries, 410 Broadway, Everett.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Everett? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Everett
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Everett cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $902K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.2M 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 18,110 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Everett ranks 5th of 7 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medford | Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library | 6.2 | 61 | B− |
| Somerville | Somerville Public Library fine-free | 4.6 | — | B+ |
| Boston | Boston Public Library fine-free | 3.4 | — | C |
| Malden | Malden Public Library fine-free | 3.2 | 58 | C+ |
| Everett | Everett Public Libraries fine-free | 1.0 | 92 | D− |
| Chelsea | Chelsea Public Library fine-free | 0.7 | 57 | D− |
| Revere | Revere Public Library fine-free | 0.4 | 64 | 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Everett Public Libraries counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- Digital loans not reported. Massachusetts libraries often don’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 Everett
Does Everett have a public library?
Yes. Everett Public Libraries, 410 Broadway, serves Everett’s 49,350 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 92 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Everett Public Libraries 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 Everett’s library?
It logged 0.8 visits and lent 1.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Everett’s civic life grade?
D− Everett has fewer library visits and community nonprofits per resident, and fewer younger adults in volunteering groups, than most U.S. towns. 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 Everett.
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.