Photo: Avicennasis · CC BY-SA 3.0Monroeville’s library logs 6.1 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Monroeville Public Library serves 31,741 people in and around Monroeville. Last year it lent 377K books, movies and e-books and logged 192K visits.
Monroeville’s library, in brief
One of the busiest library systems its size
Monroeville Public Library logs 6.1 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, and lends 9.4 print items per resident against a typical 3.7. On both counts it beats 89% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
Monroeville Public Library ran 1,182 programs last year, about 23 a week. That’s 37 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. People show up: 31,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 44% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 85% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
51% of the 1,182 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 346 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
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; Monroeville Public Library serves 31,741 people in and around Monroeville, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Monroeville’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Monroeville is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns, #270 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 →
120 community nonprofits are registered in Monroeville
4.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (36 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 11 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.8%
5.8% of Monroeville’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 Monroeville’s residents live; 2022.
About 7 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Monroeville Public Library serves 31,741 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 121 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Monroeville Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
377K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
77,758 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Monroeville Public Library, 4000 Gateway Campus Blvd, Monroeville.
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 Monroeville Public Library branch.
New in Monroeville? 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 $2.68 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Monroeville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.2M 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 15,014 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Hills | Penn Hills Library fine-free | 7.1 | 51 | — too few inputs |
| Plum | Plum Borough Community Library fine-free | 5.9 | 51 | D |
| Penn Township | Penn Area Library fine-free | 4.8 | 49 | C+ |
| North Versailles Township | N Versailles Public Library fine-free | 1.6 | 44 | D |
| Trafford | Trafford Community Public Library fine-free | 1.2 | 26 | C+ |
| Monroeville | Monroeville Public Library fine-free | — | 60 | B |
| Murrysville | Murrysville Community Library fine-free | — | 49 | B− |
| Level Green | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Wilkins Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Turtle Creek | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Wilmerding | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
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.
- System-wide. Monroeville Public Library serves 31,741 people in and around Monroeville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Monroeville.
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 Monroeville
Does Monroeville have a public library?
Yes. Monroeville Public Library, 4000 Gateway Campus Blvd, serves 31,741 people in and around Monroeville (the survey’s count) and is open about 60 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Monroeville Public 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 Monroeville’s library?
It logged 6.1 visits and lent 11.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Monroeville’s civic life grade?
B Monroeville is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns on civic life, #270 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 Monroeville.
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.