Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainYork Harbor’s library logs 6.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
York Public Library serves 14,118 people in and around York Harbor. Last year it lent 99K books, movies and e-books and logged 93K visits.
What York Harbor’s library is like
Programs draw a crowd
23,000 people came to the library’s 620 programs last year: 1.6 per resident, against a typical 0.4, more than at 97% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
People come to York Public Library a lot
York Public Library logs 6.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, more than 88% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 6.2 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
York Public Library serves more than York Harbor
The library’s service area covers 14,118 people in and around York Harbor, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
A place to get online
York Public Library logs about 180 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 8 public computers. That’s 4.7 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
Programs lean toward adults
55% of the 620 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 212 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.
What’s behind York Harbor’s civic life grade
York Harbor 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 →
About 4 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 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
York Public Library serves 14,118 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 41 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
99K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 58K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.5 times last year, on average.
11,344 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road, York.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in York Harbor? The Handbook →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 $1.67 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average York Harbor cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.1M 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 7,935 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Harbor | York Public Library fine-free | 7.0 | 47 | — graded as part of its town |
| Cape Neddick | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 York Harbor
Does York Harbor have a public library?
Yes. York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road, serves 14,118 people in and around York Harbor (the survey’s count) and is open about 47 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is York 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 York Harbor’s library?
It logged 6.6 visits and lent 7.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is York Harbor’s civic life grade?
York Harbor 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 York Harbor.
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.