Amityville’s library runs 35 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Amityville Public Library serves 27,482 people in and around Amityville. Last year it lent 124K print books and media and logged 93K visits.
What Amityville’s library is like
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
Amityville Public Library ran 955 programs last year, about 18 a week. That’s 35 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
88% of the 955 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 90 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Amityville Public Library spends $103 per resident a year, about twice the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (92%) 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; Amityville Public Library serves 27,482 people in and around Amityville, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Amityville’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Amityville is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns, #718 of 751 in New York. Amityville is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Amityville’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($80K–$133K) 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 →
25 community nonprofits are registered in Amityville
2.6 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 (15 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
4.2%
4.2% of Amityville’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.4% in the typical New York 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 Amityville’s residents live; 2022.
About 2 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Amityville Public Library serves 27,482 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 39 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Amityville Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
124K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Amityville Public Library, 19 John Street, Amityville.
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 Amityville Public Library branch.
New in Amityville? 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 Amityville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.8M 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 8,688 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amityville | Amityville Public Library fine-free | — | 62 | D |
| Babylon | Lindenhurst Memorial Library fine-free | — | 68 | C− |
| Oyster Bay | Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library | — | 71 | B |
| Copiague | Copiague Memorial Public Library fine-free | — | 60 | — graded as part of its town |
| East Massapequa | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| North Amityville | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Gilgo | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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.
- Digital loans not reported. New York libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Amityville Public Library serves 27,482 people in and around Amityville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Amityville.
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 Amityville
Does Amityville have a public library?
Yes. Amityville Public Library, 19 John Street, serves 27,482 people in and around Amityville (the survey’s count) and is open about 62 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Amityville 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 Amityville’s library?
It logged 3.4 visits and lent 4.5 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Amityville’s civic life grade?
D Amityville is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns on civic life, #718 of 751 in New York. 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 Amityville.
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.