Blue Ridge Summit’s library is a branch of Franklin County Library System - Admin Unit, which lends less per resident than 77% of systems its size
Blue Ridge Summit’s library is the Blue Ridge Summit Free Library, a branch of Franklin County Library System - Admin Unit, which serves 135,038 people and lent 318K items last year.
Blue Ridge Summit’s library, in brief
Open only about 20 hours a week
The Blue Ridge Summit branch keeps short hours: about 20 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Pennsylvania pays a big share
22% of the budget comes from the state, and 52% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. 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; Blue Ridge Summit’s library is a branch of Franklin County Library System - Admin Unit, so they cover the whole system (135,038 people), not just the Blue Ridge Summit branch.
What’s behind Blue Ridge Summit’s civic life grade
Blue Ridge Summit 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Franklin County Library System - Admin Unit serves 135,038 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 31 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Franklin County Library System - Admin Unit system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
318K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
65,101 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 21 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
Blue Ridge Summit Free Library, 13767 Monterey Lane, Blue Ridge Summit.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Franklin County Library System - Admin Unit branch.
New in Blue Ridge Summit? 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 $1.66 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Blue Ridge Summit cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $3.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $5.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.3M 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 34,849 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Summit | Blue Ridge Summit Free Library fine-free | — | 20 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Washington Township | Blue Ridge Summit Free Library fine-free | — | 20 | B |
| Liberty Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
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. Blue Ridge Summit Free Library is one branch of Franklin County Library System - Admin Unit, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 135,038 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 Blue Ridge Summit
Does Blue Ridge Summit have a public library?
Yes: Blue Ridge Summit Free Library, 13767 Monterey Lane, is a branch of Franklin County Library System - Admin Unit, which serves 135,038 people. The branch is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Franklin County Library System - Admin Unit 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 Blue Ridge Summit’s library?
It logged 1.4 visits and lent 2.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Blue Ridge Summit’s civic life grade?
Blue Ridge Summit 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 Blue Ridge Summit.
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.