Manhasset’s library logs 5.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Manhasset Public Library serves 16,453 people in and around Manhasset. Last year it lent 178K books, movies and e-books and logged 96K visits.
The short version on Manhasset’s library
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 4.1 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.1, higher than at 94% of similar-size libraries. It’s 37% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
A well-funded system
Manhasset Public Library spends $265 per resident a year, about six times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (96%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Open about 65 hours a week
The Manhasset branch is open about 65 hours a week, averaged over the year. The building ↓
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; Manhasset Public Library serves 16,453 people in and around Manhasset, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Manhasset’s civic life grade
Manhasset 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 →
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
178K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
66,778 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Manhasset Public Library serves 16,453 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 53 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Manhasset Public Library system. The library’s own count.
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.
Find it
Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onderdonk Avenue, Manhasset.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Manhasset Public Library branch.
New in Manhasset? 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 Manhasset cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $4.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $4.4M 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 9,264 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manhasset | Manhasset Public Library fine-free | — | 65 | — graded as part of its town |
| North Hills | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Lake Success | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Plandome Heights | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Munsey Park | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Thomaston | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Plandome | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Kensington | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Flower Hill | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Roslyn Estates | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Great Neck | 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. Manhasset Public Library serves 16,453 people in and around Manhasset, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Manhasset.
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 Manhasset
Does Manhasset have a public library?
Yes. Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onderdonk Avenue, serves 16,453 people in and around Manhasset (the survey’s count) and is open about 65 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Manhasset 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 Manhasset’s library?
It logged 5.8 visits and lent 10.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Manhasset’s civic life grade?
Manhasset 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 Manhasset.
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.