Photo: The original uploader was DanTD at English Wikipedia. · Public domainPort Jefferson Station’s library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Comsewogue Public Library serves 23,574 people in and around Port Jefferson Station. Last year it lent 408K books, movies and e-books and logged 110K visits.
The short version on Port Jefferson Station’s library
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 4.9 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.1, higher than at 97% of similar-size libraries. It’s 28% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
A system of heavy borrowers
Comsewogue Public Library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, more than 94% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Nearly everyone the system serves has a card
22,311 cards for 23,574 people, or 95%. At the typical library serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, it’s 40%. How it compares ↓
A well-funded system
Comsewogue Public Library spends $275 per resident a year, about six times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (98%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 42% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 91% of similar-size libraries. 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; Comsewogue Public Library serves 23,574 people in and around Port Jefferson Station, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Port Jefferson Station’s civic life grade
Port Jefferson Station 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 →
Mostly books and media off the shelf
408K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
115,837 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Comsewogue Public Library serves 23,574 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 124 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Comsewogue Public Library system. The library’s own count.
About 11 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
Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Sta..
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 Comsewogue Public Library branch.
New in Port Jefferson Station? 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 Port Jefferson Station cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $6.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $6.5M 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 22,311 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Jefferson Station | Comsewogue Public Library fine-free | — | 63 | — graded as part of its town |
| Port Jefferson | Port Jefferson Free Library fine-free | — | 47 | A |
| East Setauket | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Terryville | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Mount Sinai | 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. Comsewogue Public Library serves 23,574 people in and around Port Jefferson Station, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Port Jefferson Station.
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 Port Jefferson Station
Does Port Jefferson Station have a public library?
Yes. Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Road, serves 23,574 people in and around Port Jefferson Station (the survey’s count) and is open about 63 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Comsewogue Public 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 Port Jefferson Station’s library?
It logged 4.7 visits and lent 17.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Port Jefferson Station’s civic life grade?
Port Jefferson Station 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 Port Jefferson Station.
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.