Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainBlue Point’s library runs 91 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Bayport-Blue Point Public Library serves 13,836 people in and around Blue Point. Last year it lent 121K books, movies and e-books and logged 144K visits.
What Blue Point’s library is like
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Bayport-Blue Point Public Library ran 1,254 programs last year, about 24 a week. That’s 91 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 18,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Visits are the system’s strong suit
Bayport-Blue Point Public Library logs 10 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, more than 97% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 4.6 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
48% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 48% of loans, more per resident than at 94% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 52%. What people borrow ↓
A well-funded system
Bayport-Blue Point Public Library spends $204 per resident a year, about five times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (93%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Open about 67 hours a week
The Blue Point branch is open about 67 hours a week, averaged over the year. The building ↓
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; Bayport-Blue Point Public Library serves 13,836 people in and around Blue Point, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Blue Point’s civic life grade
Blue Point 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 10 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 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Bayport-Blue Point Public Library serves 13,836 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 35 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Bayport-Blue Point Public Library system. The library’s own count.
48% of borrowing is digital
121K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
57,897 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Bayport-Blue Point Public Library, 186 Middle Road, Blue Point.
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 Bayport-Blue Point Public Library branch.
New in Blue Point? 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 Blue Point cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $2.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2M 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 11,707 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Point | Bayport-Blue Point Public Library fine-free | — | 67 | — graded as part of its town |
| Patchogue | Patchogue-Medford Library fine-free | — | 59 | C− |
| Islip | Connetquot Public Library fine-free | — | 71 | C |
| Brookhaven | Emma S. Clark Memorial Library fine-free | — | 73 | C+ |
| Holbrook | Sachem Public Library fine-free | — | 65 | — graded as part of its town |
| Bayport | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| North Patchogue | 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.
- System-wide. Bayport-Blue Point Public Library serves 13,836 people in and around Blue Point, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Blue Point.
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 Blue Point
Does Blue Point have a public library?
Yes. Bayport-Blue Point Public Library, 186 Middle Road, serves 13,836 people in and around Blue Point (the survey’s count) and is open about 67 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Bayport-Blue Point 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 Blue Point’s library?
It logged 10.4 visits and lent 8.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Blue Point’s civic life grade?
Blue Point 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 Blue Point.
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.