Mahanoy City’s library logs 0.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Mahanoy City Public Library serves 10,267 people in and around Mahanoy City. Last year it logged 5,512 visits.
The short version on Mahanoy City’s library
Few programs for a library this size
Mahanoy City Public Library offered 8 programs last year, 0.8 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
43% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 31%. What your card is worth ↓
Runs on less money than most
Mahanoy City Public Library spends $7 per resident, less than 99% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). 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; Mahanoy City Public Library serves 10,267 people in and around Mahanoy City, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Mahanoy City’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Mahanoy City is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns, #946 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Mahanoy City is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Mahanoy City’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Mahanoy City Public Library spends $7 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($28K–$47K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
10 community nonprofits are registered in Mahanoy City
2.8 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
4.6%
4.6% of Mahanoy City’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 Mahanoy City’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 5 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Mahanoy City Public Library serves 10,267 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
A year at Mahanoy City Public Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Mahanoy City Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Loans aren’t shown: this year’s report counted only 1,489 items borrowed against 5,512 visits, so we leave the count out.
8 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Mahanoy City Public Library, 17-19 West Mahanoy St., Mahanoy City.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Mahanoy City Public Library branch.
New in Mahanoy City? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mahanoy City cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $69K.
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 476 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Mahanoy City Public Library serves 10,267 people in and around Mahanoy City, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Mahanoy City.
- Loans left out. This year’s loan count is far below the library’s visits and shelves, so we leave it out.
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 Mahanoy City
Does Mahanoy City have a public library?
Yes. Mahanoy City Public Library, 17-19 West Mahanoy St., serves 10,267 people in and around Mahanoy City (the survey’s count) and is open about 41 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mahanoy City Public 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 Mahanoy City’s library?
It logged 0.5 visits per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Mahanoy City’s civic life grade?
D Mahanoy City is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on civic life, #946 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 Mahanoy City.
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.