Photo: Felton Davis · CC BY 2.0Jericho’s library logs 11 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Jericho Public Library serves 17,456 people in and around Jericho. Last year it lent 280K books, movies and e-books and logged 186K visits.
Jericho’s library, in brief
One of the busiest library systems its size
Jericho Public Library logs 11 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, and lends 13 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 95% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 57% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 96% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Jericho Public Library spends $293 per resident a year, about seven times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (94%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3.4 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.1, higher than at 92% of similar-size libraries. It’s 21% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Open about 68 hours a week
The Jericho branch is open about 68 hours a week, averaged over the year. The building ↓
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; Jericho Public Library serves 17,456 people in and around Jericho, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Jericho’s civic life grade
Jericho 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 →
Every hour the doors are open, about 79 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Jericho Public Library system. The library’s own count.
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.
Jericho Public Library serves 17,456 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
280K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
60,136 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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.
Find it
Jericho Public Library, 1 Merry Lane, Jericho.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Jericho Public Library branch.
New in Jericho? 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 $1.27 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Jericho cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $5.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $5.1M 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 15,202 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jericho | Jericho Public Library | — | 68 | — graded as part of its town |
| Hicksville | Hicksville Public Library fine-free | — | 63 | — graded as part of its town |
| Oyster Bay | Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library | — | 71 | B |
| Syosset | Syosset Public Library | — | 68 | — graded as part of its town |
| North Hempstead | Westbury Memorial Public Library | — | 71 | B− |
| Westbury | Westbury Memorial Public Library | — | 71 | D |
| Muttontown | None of its own | — | — | D− |
| Brookville | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Old Westbury | None of its own | — | — | B |
| 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. Jericho Public Library serves 17,456 people in and around Jericho, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Jericho.
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 Jericho
Does Jericho have a public library?
Yes. Jericho Public Library, 1 Merry Lane, serves 17,456 people in and around Jericho (the survey’s count) and is open about 68 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Jericho Public Library 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 Jericho’s library?
It logged 10.7 visits and lent 16.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Jericho’s civic life grade?
Jericho 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 Jericho.
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.