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A Hufnagel Public Library of Glen Rock · part of York County Library System - Admin Unit

Glen Rock’s library is a branch of York County Library System - Admin Unit, which lends less per resident than 68% of systems its size

Glen Rock’s library is the A Hufnagel Public Library of Glen Rock, a branch of York County Library System - Admin Unit, which serves 282,763 people and lent 895K items last year.

32 Main Street, Glen Rock 17327 · about 21 hours a week
B−Civic lifeAhead of 55% of U.S. towns. Nonprofits and volunteering.
Directions (717) 235-1127 What’s a card worth?
Borrowed a year
895K
3.2 per resident
Visits a year
323K
1.1 per resident · Below typical (2.1)
Programs & events
2,303
about 44 a week · 57K attended
Cardholders
49%
138,562 cards
Open
21 hrs
a week at this branch
In brief

Glen Rock’s library, in brief

Gifts and endowments pay a real share

36% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 39%. What your card is worth ↓

Open only about 21 hours a week

The Glen Rock branch keeps short hours: about 21 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓

Kids’ books are most of what goes out

Children’s books and media make up 63% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 55% of similar-size libraries. 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; Glen Rock’s library is a branch of York County Library System - Admin Unit, so they cover the whole system (282,763 people), not just the Glen Rock branch.

Civic life grade

What’s behind Glen Rock’s civic life grade

On community nonprofits and volunteering, Glen Rock is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns. Glen Rock is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Glen Rock’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.

B−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Glen Rock’s overall grade.
–Library visitsServed by a county or regional system, so there is no town figureC+Community nonprofits3.4 per 1,000 residents · PA towns 3.7 · U.S. 3.7B+Volunteering8.7% of adults 25–44 · PA towns 7.0% · U.S. 7.5%
All U.S. towns we grade (17,556)Ahead of 55%
FewerMore
U.S. towns with similar incomes, $66K–$109K (8,600)Ahead of 56%

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.

How sure. Graded on two inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. Glen Rock is small (2,129 residents), so a few dozen organizations or visits move its per-resident figures; the volunteering share is a 2022 estimate from Facebook users aged 25–44.

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 →

Places to belong

7 community nonprofits are registered in Glen Rock

3.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.

Community nonprofits, by kind

Arts & culture00.24 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.24
Youth, sports & recreation00.24 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.52
Civic groups, clubs & veterans10.52 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.74
Human services10.38 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.59
Education20.90 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.43
Health00.24 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.16
Environment & animals00.14 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.17
Other10.66 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.47

Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.

Volunteering

8.7%

8.7% of Glen Rock’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 Glen Rock’s residents live; 2022.

How it compares

Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures

Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.

Visits per resident 1.1 visits · typical 2.1Lower than 87%
Borrowing per resident 2.3 print items · typical 3.2Lower than 68%
Digital borrowing 0.9 e-items · typical 1.4Lower than 65%
Kids’ borrowing 1.4 kids’ items · typical 1.6Lower than 55%
Program attendance 0.2 attendees · typical 0.2Lower than 54%
Programs offered 8.1 per 1,000 residents · typical 9Lower than 59%
Cardholders 49% of residents · typical 41%Higher than 67%
Spending $25 per resident · typical $36Lower than 70%
Fewer per residentMore per resident
Size group

York County Library System - Admin Unit serves 282,763 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.

A year at the library

Every hour the doors are open, about 84 items go out

Fiscal year 2024, for the whole York County Library System - Admin Unit system. The library’s own count.

323K
visits
1.1 per resident
895K
loans, print + digital
3.2 per resident
2,303
programs & events
57K attended
139K
library cards
49% of people served
Every open hour84items borrowed
Every week1,087people at a program
Every day244Wi-Fi sessions
74 staff (full-time equivalent)112 public computers
What people borrow

More than half the print loans are kids’ books

895K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.

895Kloans
Books & media (adults) 26%Kids’ books & media 45%E-books, audio & streaming 28%
From your couch

254,548 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.

Kids & programs

About 22 kids’ programs a week

Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.

Schools in Glen Rock →

Programs last year by age group

Ages 0–5777
Ages 6–11374
Teens366
Adults415
All ages371
Little ones
14.9

story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.

406K
kids’ books & media borrowed
57K
people at programs
2,303
programs
The building

Find it

A Hufnagel Public Library of Glen Rock, 32 Main Street, Glen Rock.

Directions(717) 235-1127
21
hours open a week
2,153
square feet
With a card

E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every York County Library System - Admin Unit branch.

New in Glen Rock? The Handbook →

Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.

What your card is worth

For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.95 worth

Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Glen Rock cardholder borrows.

In a month I’d use…
Books$17 each
1
Kids’ books$12 each
0
E-books & audio$15 each
0
Movies & music$4 each
0
Programs & classes$10 a program
0
Computer & Wi-Fi$3 a session
0
Your card saves you about
$204
a year at retail prices · $17 a month

Who pays for it
$25 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $6.9M.

Local taxes 39%State 25%Gifts & other 36%

Last year the library lent and hosted about $14M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $6.9M 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 138,562 cardholders ÷ 12.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.

  • System-wide. A Hufnagel Public Library of Glen Rock is one branch of York County Library System - Admin Unit, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 282,763 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 Glen Rock

Does Glen Rock have a public library?

Yes: A Hufnagel Public Library of Glen Rock, 32 Main Street, is a branch of York County Library System - Admin Unit, which serves 282,763 people. The branch is open about 21 hours a week, averaged over the year.

Is York County Library System - Admin Unit 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 Glen Rock’s library?

It logged 1.1 visits and lent 3.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.

What is Glen Rock’s civic life grade?

B− Glen Rock is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Glen Rock.

Town Square →
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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.