Levittown’s library logs 5.4 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Levittown Public Library serves 46,344 people in and around Levittown. Last year it lent 272K books, movies and e-books and logged 249K visits.
Levittown’s library, in brief
A well-funded system
Levittown Public Library spends $171 per resident a year, about four times the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (93%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Visits are the system’s strong suit
Levittown Public Library logs 5.4 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, more than 89% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 3.9 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Open about 67 hours a week
The Levittown branch is open about 67 hours a week, averaged over the year. The buildings ↓
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; Levittown Public Library serves 46,344 people in and around Levittown, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Levittown’s civic life grade
Levittown 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 78 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Levittown Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Levittown Public Library serves 46,344 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
272K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
90,227 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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.
2 places to borrow in Levittown
Levittown Public Library, 1 Bluegrass Lane, Levittown.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Levittown Public Library branch.
New in Levittown? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Levittown Public Library branches in Levittown
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Levittown cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $7.9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $7.9M 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 23,283 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levittown | Levittown Public Library fine-free | — | 67 | — graded as part of its town |
| Oyster Bay | Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library | — | 71 | B |
| Hempstead | Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library | — | 69 | C− |
| Bethpage | Bethpage Public Library | — | 69 | — graded as part of its town |
| Hicksville | Hicksville Public Library fine-free | — | 63 | — graded as part of its town |
| North Massapequa | Plainedge Public Library fine-free | — | 65 | — graded as part of its town |
| East Meadow | East Meadow Public Library fine-free | — | 65 | — graded as part of its town |
| Plainedge | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| North Wantagh | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Salisbury | 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. Levittown Public Library serves 46,344 people in and around Levittown, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Levittown.
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 Levittown
Does Levittown have a public library?
Yes. Levittown Public Library, 1 Bluegrass Lane, serves 46,344 people in and around Levittown (the survey’s count) and is open about 67 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Levittown 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 Levittown’s library?
It logged 5.4 visits and lent 5.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Levittown’s civic life grade?
Levittown 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 Levittown.
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.