#1New Cumberland
Cumberland County · 7,590 peopleVisits per resident a year·New Cumberland Public Library, FY 2024
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
New Cumberland, #1 on this list · Photo: Penndyl · CC BY-SA 4.0New Cumberland has the most-used library of Pennsylvania’s 108 towns of 2,500+ with a library of their own: 16.5 visits per resident a year at New Cumberland Public Library (IMLS Public Libraries Survey). The typical library here counts 3.2.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey: a year’s visits divided by the people the library serves. Only a library that serves one town (80–125% of its population) and reported its own count is ranked; IMLS estimates never are. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1Visits per resident a year·New Cumberland Public Library, FY 2024
#2Visits per resident a year·Easttown Library, FY 2024
#3Visits per resident a year·Narberth Community Library, FY 2024
Visits per resident, highest first.
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New Cumberland (Cumberland County): New Cumberland Public Library counts 16.5 visits per resident a year. Easttown Township (12.1) and Narberth (11.3) follow.
By library visits per resident in the IMLS Public Libraries Survey: the visits a town’s own library reported, divided by the population it serves, highest first. It is the same rank as on each town’s Library & civic life page. How grades work.
The list covers towns of 2,500+ with a library of their own that reported its visits (108 in Pennsylvania). Towns served by a county or regional system share its figure and aren’t ranked one by one; figures IMLS estimated for a library that didn’t report aren’t ranked; in states with strong townships the township, not a village inside it, is ranked. Every town is on the Pennsylvania page.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.