Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Malverne’s library logs 6.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Malverne Public Library serves Malverne’s 8,560 residents. Last year it lent 62K books, movies and e-books and logged 52K visits.
Malverne’s library, in brief
Above typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Malverne Public Library is above the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, with four in the top 30%. No single number stands out, and none lags far behind. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
63% of the 530 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 160 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
Malverne invests in its library
Malverne Public Library spends $88 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 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.
What’s behind Malverne’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Malverne is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns, #270 of 751 in New York. Library visits hold the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
32 community nonprofits are registered in Malverne
3.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (12 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.0%
7.0% of Malverne’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.4% in the typical New York town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Malverne’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 23 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Malverne Public Library serves 8,560 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
62K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 42K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1 time last year, on average.
19,581 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Malverne last year.
Find it
Malverne Public Library, 61 St. Thomas Place, Malverne.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Malverne? 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 $1.33 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Malverne cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $754K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $754K 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 3,905 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Malverne borrows the most per resident of the 3 towns here. 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+ |
| Valley Stream | Henry Waldinger Memorial Library | 2.4 | 55 | C− |
| Lakeview | Lakeview Public Library fine-free | — | 54 | — graded as part of its town |
| Malverne Park Oaks | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| North Lynbrook | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| North Valley Stream | 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Malverne Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Malverne
Does Malverne have a public library?
Yes. Malverne Public Library, 61 St. Thomas Place, serves Malverne’s 8,560 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 51 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Malverne 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 Malverne’s library?
It logged 6.1 visits and lent 7.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Malverne’s civic life grade?
B Malverne is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns on civic life, #270 of 751 in New York. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Malverne.
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.