Photo: Anthony22 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Eastchester’s library logs 4.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Eastchester Public Library serves Eastchester’s 20,901 residents. Last year it lent 170K books, movies and e-books and logged 100K visits.
What Eastchester’s library is like
41% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 41% of loans, more per resident than at 91% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 59%, much of it kids’ books. What people borrow ↓
Programs lean toward adults
59% of the 768 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 219 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
Eastchester invests in its library
Eastchester Public Library spends $101 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (95%) 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.
What’s behind Eastchester’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Eastchester is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns, #445 of 751 in New York. Eastchester is graded on two of the three inputs. Eastchester’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($117K–$195K) 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 →
158 community nonprofits are registered in Eastchester
4.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (22 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 9 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.9%
5.9% of Eastchester’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 Eastchester’s residents live; 2022.
41% of borrowing is digital
170K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 69K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.4 time last year, on average.
70,568 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 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Eastchester Public Library serves 20,901 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 60 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 4 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Eastchester last year.
3 places to borrow in Eastchester
Eastchester Public Library, 11 Oakridge Place, Eastchester.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Eastchester? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Eastchester
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 Eastchester cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $2.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.1M 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 7,392 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Eastchester ranks 3rd of 5 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronxville | Bronxville Public Library fine-free | 25.0 | 49 | B+ |
| Scarsdale | Scarsdale Public Library fine-free | 16.8 | 62 | B+ |
| Eastchester | Eastchester Public Library fine-free | 8.2 | 55 | C+ |
| Tuckahoe | Tuckahoe Public Library fine-free | 5.3 | 37 | B− |
| Yonkers | Riverfront Library fine-free | 3.0 | 58 | D |
| New Rochelle | New Rochelle Public Library fine-free | — | 60 | C+ |
| Mount Vernon | Mount Vernon Public Library | — | — | D |
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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Eastchester
Does Eastchester have a public library?
Yes. Eastchester Public Library, 11 Oakridge Place, serves Eastchester’s 20,901 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 55 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Eastchester 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 Eastchester’s library?
It logged 4.8 visits and lent 8.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Eastchester’s civic life grade?
C+ Eastchester is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns on civic life, #445 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 Eastchester.
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.