Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Kings Park’s library is a branch of Smithtown Special Library District, which lends less per resident than 52% of systems its size
Kings Park’s library is the The Smithtown Library - Kings Park Branch, a branch of Smithtown Special Library District, which serves 112,919 people and lent 937K items last year.
What Kings Park’s library is like
Most of the system’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 63% of loans, more per resident than at 96% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 37%. What people borrow ↓
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
The Smithtown Special Library District system ran 2,801 programs last year, about 54 a week. That’s 25 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 9. People show up: 59,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
The Smithtown Special Library District system spends $132 per resident a year, about four times the typical $36 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; Kings Park’s library is a branch of Smithtown Special Library District, so they cover the whole system (112,919 people), not just the Kings Park branch.
What’s behind Kings Park’s civic life grade
Kings Park 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 24 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 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Smithtown Special Library District serves 112,919 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 70 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Smithtown Special Library District system. The library’s own count.
63% of borrowing is digital
937K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
592,872 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
The Smithtown Library - Kings Park Branch, 1 Church Street, Kings Park.
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 Smithtown Special Library District branch.
New in Kings Park? 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 Kings Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $15M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $15M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $15M 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 50,998 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Park | The Smithtown Library - Kings Park Branch fine-free | — | 62 | — graded as part of its town |
| Commack | Commack Public Library fine-free | — | 67 | — graded as part of its town |
| Huntington | Huntington Public Library fine-free | — | 72 | B+ |
| East Northport | East Northport Public Library fine-free | — | 70 | — graded as part of its town |
| Smithtown | The Smithtown Library fine-free | — | 67 | B− |
| Fort Salonga | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Nissequogue | None of its own | — | — | C− |
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. The Smithtown Library - Kings Park Branch is one branch of Smithtown Special Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 112,919 people it serves.
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 Kings Park
Does Kings Park have a public library?
Yes: The Smithtown Library - Kings Park Branch, 1 Church Street, is a branch of Smithtown Special Library District, which serves 112,919 people. The branch is open about 62 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Smithtown Special Library District 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 Kings Park’s library?
It logged 3.3 visits and lent 8.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Kings Park’s civic life grade?
Kings Park 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 Kings Park.
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.