Mifflintown’s library runs 5.7 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Juniata County Library serves 23,509 people in and around Mifflintown. Last year it lent 57K books, movies and e-books and logged 41K visits.
The short version on Mifflintown’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, Juniata County Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on five. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
39% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 33%. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Juniata County Library offered 133 programs last year, 5.7 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
71% of the 133 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.2 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
Juniata County Library spends $12 per resident, less than 93% 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; Juniata County Library serves 23,509 people in and around Mifflintown, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Mifflintown’s civic life grade
Mifflintown 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Juniata County Library serves 23,509 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 33 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Juniata County Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
57K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
12,707 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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
Juniata County Library, 498 Jefferson St., Mifflintown.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Juniata County Library branch.
New in Mifflintown? 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 $3.03 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mifflintown cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $283K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $859K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $283K 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 7,703 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Juniata County Library serves 23,509 people in and around Mifflintown, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Mifflintown.
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 Mifflintown
Does Mifflintown have a public library?
Yes. Juniata County Library, 498 Jefferson St., serves 23,509 people in and around Mifflintown (the survey’s count) and is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Juniata County 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 Mifflintown’s library?
It logged 1.7 visits and lent 2.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Mifflintown’s civic life grade?
Mifflintown 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 Mifflintown.
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.