Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Lakeview’s library runs 127 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Lakeview Public Library serves 5,817 people in and around Lakeview. Last year it lent 12K books, movies and e-books and logged 30K visits.
What Lakeview’s library is like
More of a place to be than a place to borrow
Visits per resident beat 75% of similar-size libraries, while borrowing beats only 18%. The building also logs about 24 Wi-Fi sessions a day. A year at the library ↓
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Lakeview Public Library ran 737 programs last year, about 14 a week. That’s 127 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Lakeview Public Library spends $217 per resident a year, about five times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (93%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 58% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 69% of similar-size libraries, so the high share mostly reflects light borrowing by adults. 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; Lakeview Public Library serves 5,817 people in and around Lakeview, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Lakeview’s civic life grade
Lakeview 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 7 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 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Lakeview Public Library serves 5,817 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Lakeview Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
12K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
3,190 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Lakeview Public Library, 1120 Woodfield Road, Rockville Centre.
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 Lakeview Public Library branch.
New in Lakeview? 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 Lakeview cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $236K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.3M 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 2,935 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malverne | Malverne Public Library | 7.3 | 51 | B |
| Lynbrook | Lynbrook Public Library | 6.1 | 55 | C+ |
| Lakeview | Lakeview Public Library fine-free | — | 54 | — graded as part of its town |
| Rockville Centre | Rockville Centre Public Library | — | 64 | B+ |
| West Hempstead | West Hempstead Public Library | — | 66 | — 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Lakeview Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- System-wide. Lakeview Public Library serves 5,817 people in and around Lakeview, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Lakeview.
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 Lakeview
Does Lakeview have a public library?
Yes. Lakeview Public Library, 1120 Woodfield Road, serves 5,817 people in and around Lakeview (the survey’s count) and is open about 54 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lakeview 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 Lakeview’s library?
It logged 5.2 visits and lent 2.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Lakeview’s civic life grade?
Lakeview 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 Lakeview.
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.