Photo: meta nemegi - Paul Searing · CC BY 2.0East Shoreham’s library runs 38 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
North Shore Public Library District serves 30,042 people in and around East Shoreham. Last year it lent 281K books, movies and e-books and logged 132K visits.
The short version on East Shoreham’s library
Most of the library’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 67% of loans, more per resident than at 98% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 33%. What people borrow ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
North Shore Public Library District ran 1,146 programs last year, about 22 a week. That’s 38 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. People show up: 24,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
North Shore Public Library District spends $118 per resident a year, about three times the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (96%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Programs lean toward adults
53% of the 1,146 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 432 were for children. 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; North Shore Public Library District serves 30,042 people in and around East Shoreham, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind East Shoreham’s civic life grade
East Shoreham 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 →
67% of borrowing is digital
281K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
187,769 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
North Shore Public Library District serves 30,042 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 89 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole North Shore Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
About 8 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
North Shore Public Library District, 250 Route 25a, Shoreham.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every North Shore Public Library District branch.
New in East Shoreham? 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 $1.26 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average East Shoreham cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.5M 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 16,445 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Shoreham | North Shore Public Library District | — | 61 | — graded as part of its town |
| Riverhead | Riverhead Free Library fine-free | — | 64 | C− |
| Brookhaven | Emma S. Clark Memorial Library fine-free | — | 73 | C+ |
| Wading River | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Shoreham | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Ridge | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Rocky Point | 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. North Shore Public Library District serves 30,042 people in and around East Shoreham, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just East Shoreham.
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 East Shoreham
Does East Shoreham have a public library?
Yes. North Shore Public Library District, 250 Route 25a, serves 30,042 people in and around East Shoreham (the survey’s count) and is open about 61 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is North Shore Public Library District 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 East Shoreham’s library?
It logged 4.4 visits and lent 9.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is East Shoreham’s civic life grade?
East Shoreham 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 East Shoreham.
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.