Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0Massapequa Park’s library runs 23 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Massapequa Public Library serves 46,724 people in and around Massapequa Park. Last year it lent 251K books, movies and e-books and logged 172K visits.
Massapequa Park’s library, in brief
Open about 68 hours a week
The Massapequa Park branch is open about 68 hours a week, averaged over the year. The building ↓
A well-funded system
Massapequa Public Library spends $138 per resident a year, about three times the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (98%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
46% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 46% of loans, more per resident than at 81% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 54%, much of it kids’ books. What people borrow ↓
Programs lean toward adults
53% of the 1,076 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 260 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
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; Massapequa Public Library serves 46,724 people in and around Massapequa Park, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Massapequa Park’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Massapequa Park is ahead of 63% of U.S. towns, #264 of 751 in New York. Massapequa Park is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Massapequa Park’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
36 community nonprofits are registered in Massapequa Park
2.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (8 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 3 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
20.9%
20.9% of Massapequa Park’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 Massapequa Park’s residents live; 2022.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Massapequa Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $6.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $6.4M 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 21,260 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Massapequa Public Library serves 46,724 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 35 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Massapequa Public Library system. The library’s own count.
46% of borrowing is digital
251K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
116,757 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 5 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
Massapequa Public Library, 40 Harbor Lane, Massapequa Park.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Massapequa Public Library branch.
New in Massapequa Park? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massapequa Park | Massapequa Public Library | — | 68 | B |
| Massapequa | Central Avenue Branch | — | 68 | — graded as part of its town |
| North Massapequa | Plainedge Public Library fine-free | — | 65 | — graded as part of its town |
| South Farmingdale | Farmingdale Public Library | — | 67 | — graded as part of its town |
| East Massapequa | 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. Massapequa Public Library serves 46,724 people in and around Massapequa Park, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Massapequa Park.
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 Massapequa Park
Does Massapequa Park have a public library?
Yes. Massapequa Public Library, 40 Harbor Lane, serves 46,724 people in and around Massapequa Park (the survey’s count) and is open about 68 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Massapequa 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 Massapequa Park’s library?
It logged 3.7 visits and lent 5.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Massapequa Park’s civic life grade?
B Massapequa Park is ahead of 63% of U.S. towns on civic life, #264 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 Massapequa Park.
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.