Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Naples’ library runs 117 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Naples Library serves 5,176 people in and around Naples. Last year it lent 34K books, movies and e-books and logged 30K visits.
The short version on Naples’s library
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Naples Library ran 606 programs last year, about 12 a week. That’s 117 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
60% of the 606 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; Naples Library serves 5,176 people in and around Naples, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Naples’ civic life grade
Naples 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 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Naples Library serves 5,176 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 14 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Naples Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
34K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
8,556 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Naples Library, 118 South Main Street, Naples.
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 Naples Library branch.
New in Naples? 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 $2.07 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Naples cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $276K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $572K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $276K 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 1,871 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Naples Library serves 5,176 people in and around Naples, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Naples.
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 Naples
Does Naples have a public library?
Yes. Naples Library, 118 South Main Street, serves 5,176 people in and around Naples (the survey’s count) and is open about 46 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Naples 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 Naples’ library?
It logged 5.8 visits and lent 6.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Naples’ civic life grade?
Naples 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 Naples.
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.