Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Mays Landing’s library logs 3.5 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries its size
Atlantic County Library serves 214,422 people in and around Mays Landing. Last year it lent 671K books, movies and e-books and logged 750K visits.
The short version on Mays Landing’s library
More of a place to be than a place to borrow
Visits per resident beat 85% of similar-size libraries, while borrowing beats only 37%. The building also logs about 225 Wi-Fi sessions a day. A year at the library ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 12% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 41% for its size. How it compares ↓
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; Atlantic County Library serves 214,422 people in and around Mays Landing, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Mays Landing’s civic life grade
Mays Landing 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 24 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Atlantic County Library system. 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Atlantic County Library serves 214,422 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
671K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
134,299 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 24 kids’ programs a week
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
Atlantic County Library, 40 Farragut Avenue, Mays Landing.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Atlantic County Library branch.
New in Mays Landing? 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 $1.20 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mays Landing cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $8.9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $11M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $8.9M 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 25,287 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mays Landing | Atlantic County Library | — | 57 | — graded as part of its town |
| Hamilton Township | Atlantic County Library | — | 57 | C− |
| Weymouth Township | None of its own | — | — | 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.
- Not reported for 2024: books & media on the shelves. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- System-wide. Atlantic County Library serves 214,422 people in and around Mays Landing, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Mays Landing.
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 Mays Landing
Does Mays Landing have a public library?
Yes. Atlantic County Library, 40 Farragut Avenue, serves 214,422 people in and around Mays Landing (the survey’s count) and is open about 57 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Atlantic County 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 Mays Landing’s library?
It logged 3.5 visits and lent 3.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Mays Landing’s civic life grade?
Mays Landing 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 Mays Landing.
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.