Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0Hicksville’s library runs 36 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Hicksville Free Public Library serves 41,837 people in and around Hicksville. Last year it lent 148K books, movies and e-books and logged 137K visits.
What Hicksville’s library is like
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
Hicksville Free Public Library ran 1,491 programs last year, about 29 a week. That’s 36 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
69% of the 1,491 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 311 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Hicksville Free Public Library spends $107 per resident a year, about twice the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (93%) 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; Hicksville Free Public Library serves 41,837 people in and around Hicksville, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Hicksville’s civic life grade
Hicksville 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 6 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 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Hicksville Free Public Library serves 41,837 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 45 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Hicksville Free Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
148K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
57,066 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Hicksville Public Library, 169 Jerusalem Avenue, Hicksville.
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 Hicksville Free Public Library branch.
New in Hicksville? 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 Hicksville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $4.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $4.5M 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 22,200 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hicksville | Hicksville Public Library fine-free | — | 63 | — graded as part of its town |
| Oyster Bay | Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library | — | 71 | B |
| Hempstead | Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library | — | 69 | C− |
| Jericho | Jericho Public Library | — | 68 | — graded as part of its town |
| Levittown | Levittown Public Library fine-free | — | 67 | — graded as part of its town |
| Bethpage | Bethpage Public Library | — | 69 | — graded as part of its town |
| Syosset | Syosset Public Library | — | 68 | — graded as part of its town |
| North Hempstead | Westbury Memorial Public Library | — | 71 | B− |
| Salisbury | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| New Cassel | 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. Hicksville Free Public Library serves 41,837 people in and around Hicksville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Hicksville.
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 Hicksville
Does Hicksville have a public library?
Yes. Hicksville Free Public Library, 169 Jerusalem Avenue, serves 41,837 people in and around Hicksville (the survey’s count) and is open about 63 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hicksville Free 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 Hicksville’s library?
It logged 3.3 visits and lent 3.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Hicksville’s civic life grade?
Hicksville 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 Hicksville.
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.