Photo: Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0Montoursville’s library runs 21 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Dr William B Konkle Memorial Library serves 7,584 people in and around Montoursville. Last year it lent 30K books, movies and e-books and logged 23K visits.
Montoursville’s library, in brief
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
32% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 48%. What your card is worth ↓
Most programs are for young children
68% of the 161 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.5 a week for ages 0–5. 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; Dr William B Konkle Memorial Library serves 7,584 people in and around Montoursville, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Montoursville’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Montoursville is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns, #102 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Montoursville is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Montoursville’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
23 community nonprofits are registered in Montoursville
4.9 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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.5%
8.5% of Montoursville’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 Montoursville’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Dr William B Konkle Memorial Library serves 7,584 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 13 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Dr William B Konkle Memorial Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
30K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
6,573 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
Dr William B Konkle Memorial Library, 384 Broad St., Montoursville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Dr William B Konkle Memorial Library branch.
New in Montoursville? 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 $3.28 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Montoursville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $160K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $527K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $160K 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 2,779 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montoursville | Dr William B Konkle Memorial Library | — | 46 | A− |
| Loyalsock Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Armstrong Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Kenmar | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Fairfield Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
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. Dr William B Konkle Memorial Library serves 7,584 people in and around Montoursville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Montoursville.
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 Montoursville
Does Montoursville have a public library?
Yes. Dr William B Konkle Memorial Library, 384 Broad St., serves 7,584 people in and around Montoursville (the survey’s count) and is open about 46 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Dr William B Konkle Memorial 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 Montoursville’s library?
It logged 3.0 visits and lent 4.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Montoursville’s civic life grade?
A− Montoursville is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns on civic life, #102 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 Montoursville.
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.