Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Arkport’s library logs 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Arkport Public Library serves 2,868 people in and around Arkport. Last year it lent 2,352 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,287 visits.
The short version on Arkport’s library
Arkport Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Arkport Public Library records 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $12 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Arkport Public Library offered 12 programs last year, 4.2 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
New York pays a big share
36% of the budget comes from the state, and 62% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 8% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Arkport Public Library spends $12 per resident, less than 94% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). 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; Arkport Public Library serves 2,868 people in and around Arkport, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Arkport’s civic life grade
Arkport 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Arkport Public Library serves 2,868 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Arkport Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
2,352 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
593 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
12 programs a year
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
Arkport Public Library, 2 East Avenue, Arkport.
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 Arkport Public Library branch.
New in Arkport? 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 $1.13 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Arkport cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $36K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $40K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $36K 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 237 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Arkport Public Library serves 2,868 people in and around Arkport, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Arkport.
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 Arkport
Does Arkport have a public library?
Yes. Arkport Public Library, 2 East Avenue, serves 2,868 people in and around Arkport (the survey’s count) and is open about 27 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Arkport 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 Arkport’s library?
It logged 0.4 visits and lent 0.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Arkport’s civic life grade?
Arkport 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 Arkport.
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.