Photo: Copyright Lise Visser 2006 (Wildflowers00 at English Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0Mattituck’s library runs 112 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Mattituck-Laurel Library serves 5,817 people in and around Mattituck. Last year it lent 59K books, movies and e-books and logged 50K visits.
The short version on Mattituck’s library
Most of the library’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 56% of loans, more per resident than at 97% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 44%. What people borrow ↓
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Mattituck-Laurel Library ran 653 programs last year, about 13 a week. That’s 112 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 11,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Mattituck-Laurel Library spends $250 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 ↓
Visits are the system’s strong suit
Mattituck-Laurel Library logs 8.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 91% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 4.5 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
62% of the 653 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 144 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; Mattituck-Laurel Library serves 5,817 people in and around Mattituck, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Mattituck’s civic life grade
Mattituck 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 3 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 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Mattituck-Laurel Library serves 5,817 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 19 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Mattituck-Laurel Library system. The library’s own count.
56% of borrowing is digital
59K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
33,210 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Mattituck-Laurel Library, 13900 Main Road, Mattituck.
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 Mattituck-Laurel Library branch.
New in Mattituck? 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 Mattituck cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.5M 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 3,588 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattituck | Mattituck-Laurel Library fine-free | — | 59 | — graded as part of its town |
| Cutchogue | Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library | — | 60 | — graded as part of its town |
| Riverhead | Riverhead Free Library fine-free | — | 64 | C− |
| Southold | Floyd Memorial Library fine-free | — | 64 | A |
| Laurel | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Northville | 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. Mattituck-Laurel Library serves 5,817 people in and around Mattituck, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Mattituck.
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 Mattituck
Does Mattituck have a public library?
Yes. Mattituck-Laurel Library, 13900 Main Road, serves 5,817 people in and around Mattituck (the survey’s count) and is open about 59 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mattituck-Laurel 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 Mattituck’s library?
It logged 8.6 visits and lent 10.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Mattituck’s civic life grade?
Mattituck 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 Mattituck.
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.