Photo: Americasroof · CC BY-SA 3.0Hauppauge’s library runs 132 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Hauppauge Public Library serves 10,643 people in and around Hauppauge. Last year it lent 123K books, movies and e-books and logged 95K visits.
Hauppauge’s library, in brief
Five times the programs of a typical library its size
Hauppauge Public Library ran 1,401 programs last year, about 27 a week. That’s 132 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 23,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
One of the busiest library systems its size
Hauppauge Public Library logs 8.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, and lends 8.6 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 86% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
A well-funded system
Hauppauge Public Library spends $277 per resident a year, about six times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (92%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Open about 71 hours a week
The Hauppauge branch is open about 71 hours a week, averaged over the year. The building ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.1, higher than at 88% of similar-size libraries. It’s 26% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
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; Hauppauge Public Library serves 10,643 people in and around Hauppauge, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Hauppauge’s civic life grade
Hauppauge 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 5 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 all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Hauppauge Public Library serves 10,643 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 33 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Hauppauge Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
123K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
32,399 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Hauppauge Public Library, 1373 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Hauppauge.
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 Hauppauge Public Library branch.
New in Hauppauge? 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 Hauppauge cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $2.9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.9M 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 6,790 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hauppauge | Hauppauge Public Library fine-free | — | 71 | — graded as part of its town |
| Nesconset | The Smithtown Library - Nesconset Branch fine-free | — | 62 | — graded as part of its town |
| Commack | Commack Public Library fine-free | — | 67 | — graded as part of its town |
| Smithtown | The Smithtown Library fine-free | — | 67 | B− |
| Islip | Connetquot Public Library fine-free | — | 71 | C |
| Central Islip | Central Islip Public Library fine-free | — | 65 | — graded as part of its town |
| Brentwood | Brentwood Public Library fine-free | — | 68 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Islandia | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Ronkonkoma | 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. Hauppauge Public Library serves 10,643 people in and around Hauppauge, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Hauppauge.
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 Hauppauge
Does Hauppauge have a public library?
Yes. Hauppauge Public Library, 1373 Veterans Memorial Hwy., serves 10,643 people in and around Hauppauge (the survey’s count) and is open about 71 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hauppauge 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 Hauppauge’s library?
It logged 8.9 visits and lent 11.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Hauppauge’s civic life grade?
Hauppauge 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 Hauppauge.
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.