Photo: TheCatalyst31 · CC BY-SA 4.0Wyandanch’s library runs 85 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Wyandanch Public Library serves 13,076 people in and around Wyandanch. Last year it lent 10K books, movies and e-books and logged 32K visits.
What Wyandanch’s library is like
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Wyandanch Public Library ran 1,115 programs last year, about 21 a week. That’s 85 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Well funded, but lightly used
Wyandanch Public Library spends $204 per resident, more than 98% of similar-size libraries. Use doesn’t match: visits per resident are lower than at 61% of them. What your card is worth ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Wyandanch Public Library lends 0.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, fewer than 98% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. What people borrow ↓
Programs lean toward adults
52% of the 1,115 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 200 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
43% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 43% of loans. That’s partly because print borrowing is low: digital loans per resident are below typical too. What people borrow ↓
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; Wyandanch Public Library serves 13,076 people in and around Wyandanch, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Wyandanch’s civic life grade
Wyandanch 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 4 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 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Wyandanch Public Library serves 13,076 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Wyandanch Public Library system. The library’s own count.
43% of borrowing is digital
10K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
4,385 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Wyandanch Public Library, 14 South 20th Street, Wyandanch.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Wyandanch Public Library branch.
New in Wyandanch? 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 Wyandanch cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $2.7M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $227K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.7M 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 7,798 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyandanch | Wyandanch Public Library | — | 62 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Deer Park | Deer Park Public Library | — | 52 | — graded as part of its town |
| West Babylon | West Babylon Public Library | — | 60 | — graded as part of its town |
| Wheatley Heights | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| East Farmingdale | 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. Wyandanch Public Library serves 13,076 people in and around Wyandanch, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Wyandanch.
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 Wyandanch
Does Wyandanch have a public library?
Yes. Wyandanch Public Library, 14 South 20th Street, serves 13,076 people in and around Wyandanch (the survey’s count) and is open about 62 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Wyandanch 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 Wyandanch’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 0.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Wyandanch’s civic life grade?
Wyandanch 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 Wyandanch.
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.