Natrona Heights’ library lends 4.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Community Library of Allegheny Valley serves 22,610 people in and around Natrona Heights. Last year it lent 151K books, movies and e-books and logged 49K visits.
Natrona Heights’s library, in brief
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
33% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 43%. What your card is worth ↓
Most programs are for young children
66% of the 591 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 4.7 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; Community Library of Allegheny Valley serves 22,610 people in and around Natrona Heights, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Natrona Heights’ civic life grade
Natrona Heights 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Community Library of Allegheny Valley serves 22,610 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 63 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Community Library of Allegheny Valley system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
151K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
40,205 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 8 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
Community Library of Allegheny Valley, 1522 Broadview Blvd., Natrona Heights.
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 Community Library of Allegheny Valley branch.
New in Natrona Heights? 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 $4.21 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Natrona Heights cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $553K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $553K 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 6,415 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natrona Heights | Community Library of Allegheny Valley fine-free | — | 46 | — graded as part of its town |
| Harrison Township | Community Library of Allegheny Valley fine-free | — | 46 | C− |
| Natrona | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Brackenridge | 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. Community Library of Allegheny Valley serves 22,610 people in and around Natrona Heights, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Natrona Heights.
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 Natrona Heights
Does Natrona Heights have a public library?
Yes. Community Library of Allegheny Valley, 1522 Broadview Blvd., serves 22,610 people in and around Natrona Heights (the survey’s count) and is open about 46 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Community Library of Allegheny Valley 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 Natrona Heights’ library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 6.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Natrona Heights’ civic life grade?
Natrona Heights 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 Natrona Heights.
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.