Photo: PLBechly · CC BY-SA 4.0Longport’s library logs 33 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Longport Public Library serves Longport’s 893 residents. Last year it lent 22K books, movies and e-books and logged 30K visits.
Longport’s library, in brief
More library cards than residents
1,745 cards for 893 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Most of Longport’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 60% of loans, more per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 40%. What people borrow ↓
Eight times the programs of a typical library its size
Longport Public Library ran 442 programs last year, about 9 a week. That’s 495 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 9,088 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Longport uses its library more than almost any town its size
Longport Public Library logs 33 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 10 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 87% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Longport invests in its library
Longport Public Library spends $620 per resident a year, about 12 times the typical $54 for a library its size. Almost all of it (96%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Longport’s civic life grade
Longport 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 →
442 programs a year
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 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Longport Public Library serves 893 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: books & media on the shelves. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
60% of borrowing is digital
22K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
13,283 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Longport Public Library, 2305 Atlantic Ave, Longport.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Longport? 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 Longport cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $554K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $437K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $554K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 1,745 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean City | Ocean City Free Pub. Lib. | 31.3 | 74 | A− |
| Longport | Longport Public Library | 25.0 | 52 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Egg Harbor Township | Egg Harbor Township Branch | — | 56 | C |
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. Longport’s 29,532 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
- Not reported for 2024: books & media on the shelves. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Longport Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Longport
Does Longport have a public library?
Yes. Longport Public Library, 2305 Atlantic Ave, serves Longport’s 893 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 52 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Longport Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Longport’s library?
It logged 33.1 visits and lent 25.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Longport’s civic life grade?
Longport 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 Longport.
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.