Berwyn’s library lends 18 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Easttown Library serves 10,984 people in and around Berwyn. Last year it lent 355K books, movies and e-books and logged 133K visits.
What Berwyn’s library is like
Berwyn uses its library more than almost any town its size
Easttown Library logs 12 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, and lends 18 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 98% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 61% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Easttown Library ran 749 programs last year, about 14 a week. That’s 68 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 16,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
43% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 43% of loans, more per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 57%, much of it kids’ books. What people borrow ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
28% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 65%. 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.
What’s behind Berwyn’s civic life grade
Berwyn 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 7 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.
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.
Easttown Library serves 10,984 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 117 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
43% of borrowing is digital
355K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 46K books and other items on the shelves went out about 4.4 times last year, on average.
151,955 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Easttown Library, 720 First Avenue, Berwyn.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Berwyn? 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 $4.09 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Berwyn cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $5.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.3M 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 8,662 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berwyn | Easttown Library | 32.3 | 58 | — graded as part of its town |
| Easttown Township | Easttown Library | 32.3 | 58 | A− |
| Tredyffrin Township | Tredyffrin Public Library | — | 53 | B+ |
| Paoli | Paoli Library | — | 44 | — graded as part of its town |
| Devon | 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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Berwyn
Does Berwyn have a public library?
Yes. Easttown Library, 720 First Avenue, serves 10,984 people in and around Berwyn (the survey’s count) and is open about 58 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Easttown 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 Berwyn’s library?
It logged 12.1 visits and lent 32.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Berwyn’s civic life grade?
Berwyn 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 Berwyn.
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.