Photo: Smallbones · Public domainEasttown Township’s library lends 18 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Easttown Library serves Easttown Township’s 10,984 residents. Last year it lent 355K books, movies and e-books and logged 133K visits.
Easttown Township’s library, in brief
Easttown Township borrows more library books per person than any town in Pennsylvania
Out of 109 Pennsylvania towns with a library of their own, Easttown Township comes first for items borrowed per resident. It’s also #2 for library use and #4 for kids’ borrowing. How it compares ↓
Easttown Township 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. That works out to about 47 items per child in Easttown Township last year. 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 ↓
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 Easttown Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Easttown Township is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns, #72 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 →
60 community nonprofits are registered in Easttown Township
5.5 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 (5 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 5 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
6.7%
6.7% of Easttown Township’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 Easttown Township’s residents live; 2022.
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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Easttown Township last year.
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 Easttown Township? 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 Easttown Township 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
Easttown Township 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easttown Township | Easttown Library | 32.3 | 58 | A− |
| Berwyn | Easttown Library | 32.3 | 58 | — graded as part of its town |
| Newtown Township | Newtown Public Library fine-free | 11.6 | 50 | B |
| Wayne | Memorial Library of Radnor Township | 10.0 | 69 | — graded as part of its town |
| Tredyffrin Township | Tredyffrin Public Library | — | 53 | B+ |
| Willistown Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| 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 Easttown Township
Does Easttown Township have a public library?
Yes. Easttown Library, 720 First Avenue, serves Easttown Township’s 10,984 residents (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 Easttown Township’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 Easttown Township’s civic life grade?
A− Easttown Township is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns on civic life, #72 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 Easttown Township.
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.