Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Bridgeville’s library lends 18 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Bridgeville Public Library serves Bridgeville’s 4,804 residents. Last year it lent 101K books, movies and e-books and logged 39K visits.
What Bridgeville’s library is like
Bridgeville ranks 2nd in Pennsylvania for kids’ borrowing
Out of 107 Pennsylvania towns with a library of their own, Bridgeville comes 2nd for children’s items borrowed per child. It’s also #3 for borrowing. How it compares ↓
Seven times the programs of a typical library its size
Bridgeville Public Library ran 1,118 programs last year, about 22 a week. That’s 233 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 19,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Bridgeville uses its library more than almost any town its size
Bridgeville Public Library logs 8 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 18 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 90% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
49% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 19%. What your card is worth ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 53% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 57 items per child in Bridgeville last year. 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.
What’s behind Bridgeville’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Bridgeville is ahead of 61% of U.S. towns, #216 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Library visits hold the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
22 community nonprofits are registered in Bridgeville
4.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.2%
5.2% of Bridgeville’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.0% in the typical Pennsylvania town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Bridgeville’s residents live; 2022.
About 17 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Bridgeville last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Bridgeville Public Library serves 4,804 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 40 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
101K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 20K books and other items on the shelves went out about 4.3 times last year, on average.
16,447 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Bridgeville Public Library, 505 Mcmillen St., Bridgeville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Bridgeville? 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 $3.09 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Bridgeville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $537K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $537K 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 3,617 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Bridgeville borrows the most per resident of the 4 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeville | Bridgeville Public Library fine-free | 21.0 | 48 | B |
| Upper St. Clair Township | Upper St. Clair Township Library | 17.1 | 52 | B |
| South Fayette Township | South Fayette Twp Library fine-free | 7.4 | 48 | C+ |
| Scott Township | Scott Township Public Library fine-free | 4.7 | 47 | C |
| Collier 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Bridgeville Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Bridgeville
Does Bridgeville have a public library?
Yes. Bridgeville Public Library, 505 Mcmillen St., serves Bridgeville’s 4,804 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 48 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Bridgeville 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 Bridgeville’s library?
It logged 8.0 visits and lent 21.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Bridgeville’s civic life grade?
B Bridgeville is ahead of 61% of U.S. towns on civic life, #216 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Bridgeville.
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.