North Babylon’s library runs 25 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
North Babylon Public Library serves 30,833 people in and around North Babylon. Last year it lent 102K books, movies and e-books and logged 96K visits.
What North Babylon’s library is like
Most of the library’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 54% of loans, more per resident than at 67% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 46%. What people borrow ↓
Still charges late fines, unlike its neighbors
North Babylon Public Library charges late fines on some overdue items. Four of the six libraries in neighboring towns have dropped them. What your card is worth ↓
A well-funded system
North Babylon Public Library spends $94 per resident a year, about twice the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (98%) 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; North Babylon Public Library serves 30,833 people in and around North Babylon, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind North Babylon’s civic life grade
North Babylon 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 →
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average North Babylon cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.9M 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 12,492 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
North Babylon Public Library serves 30,833 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 31 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole North Babylon Public Library system. The library’s own count.
54% of borrowing is digital
102K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
55,542 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 6 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
North Babylon Public Library, 815 Deer Park Avenue, North Babylon.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every North Babylon Public Library branch.
New in North Babylon? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Babylon | North Babylon Public Library | — | 63 | — graded as part of its town |
| West Islip | West Islip Public Library fine-free | — | 61 | — graded as part of its town |
| Babylon | Lindenhurst Memorial Library fine-free | — | 68 | C− |
| Islip | Connetquot Public Library fine-free | — | 71 | C |
| West Babylon | West Babylon Public Library | — | 60 | — graded as part of its town |
| Deer Park | Deer Park Public Library | — | 52 | — graded as part of its town |
| Babylon | Babylon Public Library fine-free | — | 60 | B |
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. North Babylon Public Library serves 30,833 people in and around North Babylon, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just North Babylon.
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 North Babylon
Does North Babylon have a public library?
Yes. North Babylon Public Library, 815 Deer Park Avenue, serves 30,833 people in and around North Babylon (the survey’s count) and is open about 63 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is North Babylon 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 North Babylon’s library?
It logged 3.1 visits and lent 3.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is North Babylon’s civic life grade?
North Babylon 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 North Babylon.
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.