Photo: johnaac · CC BY 3.0Mahopac’s library runs 37 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Mahopac Public Library serves 25,805 people in and around Mahopac. Last year it lent 177K books, movies and e-books and logged 145K visits.
What Mahopac’s library is like
Visits are the system’s strong suit
Mahopac Public Library logs 5.6 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, more than 91% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 4.5 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
Mahopac Public Library ran 950 programs last year, about 18 a week. That’s 37 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
56% of the 950 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 299 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Mahopac Public Library spends $96 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; Mahopac Public Library serves 25,805 people in and around Mahopac, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Mahopac’s civic life grade
Mahopac 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 all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Mahopac Public Library serves 25,805 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 58 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Mahopac Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
177K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
60,017 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Mahopac Public Library, 668 Route 6, Mahopac.
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 Mahopac Public Library branch.
New in Mahopac? 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 $1.14 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mahopac cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.5M 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 15,405 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.
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. Mahopac Public Library serves 25,805 people in and around Mahopac, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Mahopac.
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 Mahopac
Does Mahopac have a public library?
Yes. Mahopac Public Library, 668 Route 6, serves 25,805 people in and around Mahopac (the survey’s count) and is open about 63 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mahopac 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 Mahopac’s library?
It logged 5.6 visits and lent 6.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Mahopac’s civic life grade?
Mahopac 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 Mahopac.
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.