Photo: Nicholas from Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0Brodheadsville’s library logs 1.6 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Western Pocono Community Library serves 32,267 people in and around Brodheadsville. Last year it lent 86K books, movies and e-books and logged 52K visits.
Brodheadsville’s library, in brief
Most programs are for young children
78% of the 415 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 5.2 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 19% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 39% for its size. How it compares ↓
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; Western Pocono Community Library serves 32,267 people in and around Brodheadsville, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Brodheadsville’s civic life grade
Brodheadsville 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 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Western Pocono Community Library serves 32,267 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 30 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Western Pocono Community Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
86K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
10,010 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 6 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
Western Pocono Community Library, 131 Pilgrim Way, Brodheadsville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Western Pocono Community Library branch.
New in Brodheadsville? 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 $2.07 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Brodheadsville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $706K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $706K 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 6,172 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Western Pocono Community Library serves 32,267 people in and around Brodheadsville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Brodheadsville.
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 Brodheadsville
Does Brodheadsville have a public library?
Yes. Western Pocono Community Library, 131 Pilgrim Way, serves 32,267 people in and around Brodheadsville (the survey’s count) and is open about 56 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Western Pocono Community 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 Brodheadsville’s library?
It logged 1.6 visits and lent 2.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Brodheadsville’s civic life grade?
Brodheadsville 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 Brodheadsville.
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.