Brownville’s library runs 11 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Brownville-Glen Park Library Association serves 1,382 people in and around Brownville. Last year it lent 3,135 print books and media and logged 3,201 visits.
What Brownville’s library is like
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, Brownville-Glen Park Library Association sits below the middle on all six per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on five. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 13% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Brownville-Glen Park Library Association offered 15 programs last year, 11 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
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; Brownville-Glen Park Library Association serves 1,382 people in and around Brownville, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Brownville’s civic life grade
Brownville 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 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Brownville-Glen Park Library Association serves 1,382 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Brownville-Glen Park Library Association system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
3,135 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.
15 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
Brownville-Glen Park Library Association, 216 Brown Boulevard, Brownville.
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 Brownville-Glen Park Library Association branch.
New in Brownville? 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 $5.28 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Brownville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $34K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $179K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $34K 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 182 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hounsfield | Hay Memorial Library fine-free | 2.7 | 25 | B+ |
| Brownville | Brownville-Glen Park Library Association fine-free | — | 25 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Glen Park | 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. Brownville-Glen Park Library Association serves 1,382 people in and around Brownville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Brownville.
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 Brownville
Does Brownville have a public library?
Yes. Brownville-Glen Park Library Association, 216 Brown Boulevard, serves 1,382 people in and around Brownville (the survey’s count) and is open about 25 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Brownville-Glen Park Library Association 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 Brownville’s library?
It logged 2.3 visits and lent 2.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Brownville’s civic life grade?
Brownville 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 Brownville.
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.