Photo: Caitlin7777 · CC BY-SA 3.0Orchard Park’s library lends 9.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Orchard Park Public Library serves 29,686 people in and around Orchard Park. Last year it lent 294K print books and media and logged 145K visits.
Orchard Park’s library, in brief
Orchard Park uses its library more than almost any town its size
Orchard Park Public Library logs 4.9 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, and lends 9.9 print items per resident against a typical 3.7. On both counts it beats 86% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Orchard Park Public Library serves more than Orchard Park
The library’s service area covers 29,686 people in and around Orchard Park, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
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.
What’s behind Orchard Park’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Orchard Park is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns, #344 of 751 in New York. Orchard Park is graded on two of the three inputs. Orchard Park’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups 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 →
13 community nonprofits are registered in Orchard Park
4.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.5%
7.5% of Orchard 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 Orchard Park’s residents live; 2022.
Books and media off the shelf
294K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 79K books and other items on the shelves went out about 3.7 times last year, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Orchard Park Public Library serves 29,686 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 102 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 4 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, 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
Orchard Park Public Library, 4570 South Buffalo Street, Orchard Park.
No late fees. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Orchard Park? 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 $5.61 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Orchard Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $825K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $825K 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 18,778 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. New York libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Orchard Park
Does Orchard Park have a public library?
Yes. Orchard Park Public Library, 4570 South Buffalo Street, serves 29,686 people in and around Orchard Park (the survey’s count) and is open about 55 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Orchard Park Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Orchard Park’s library?
It logged 4.9 visits and lent 9.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Orchard Park’s civic life grade?
B− Orchard Park is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns on civic life, #344 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 Orchard 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.