Beavertown’s library is a branch of Snyder County Libraries, Inc., which lends less per resident than 87% of systems its size
Beavertown’s library is the Beavertown Library, a branch of Snyder County Libraries, Inc., which serves 39,736 people and lent 62K items last year.
Beavertown’s library, in brief
The Snyder County Libraries, Inc. system is used less than most libraries its size
The Snyder County Libraries, Inc. system records 0.5 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people. Borrowing is 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7. It also spends less than most: $17 per resident, against a typical $40. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
43% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 26%. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Snyder County Libraries, Inc. system offered 225 programs last year, 5.7 per 1,000 residents against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 22 hours a week
The Beavertown branch keeps short hours: about 22 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
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; Beavertown’s library is a branch of Snyder County Libraries, Inc., so they cover the whole system (39,736 people), not just the Beavertown branch.
What’s behind Beavertown’s civic life grade
Beavertown 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Snyder County Libraries, Inc. serves 39,736 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Snyder County Libraries, Inc. system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
62K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
18,066 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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
Beavertown Library, 111 Walnut St., Beavertown.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Snyder County Libraries, Inc. branch.
New in Beavertown? 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 $1.46 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Beavertown cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $692K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $692K 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 8,121 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Beavertown Library is one branch of Snyder County Libraries, Inc., so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 39,736 people it serves.
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 Beavertown
Does Beavertown have a public library?
Yes: Beavertown Library, 111 Walnut St., is a branch of Snyder County Libraries, Inc., which serves 39,736 people. The branch is open about 22 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Snyder County Libraries, Inc. 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 Beavertown’s library?
It logged 0.5 visits and lent 1.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Beavertown’s civic life grade?
Beavertown 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 Beavertown.
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.