Sharon Hill’s library lends 0.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Sharon Hill Public Library serves Sharon Hill’s 6,014 residents. Last year it lent 3,337 books, movies and e-books and logged 7,745 visits.
What Sharon Hill’s library is like
Sharon Hill Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Sharon Hill Public Library records 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. How it compares ↓
Most of Sharon Hill’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 55% of loans. That’s partly because print borrowing is low: digital loans per resident are below typical too. What people borrow ↓
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.
What’s behind Sharon Hill’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Sharon Hill is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns, #905 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Sharon Hill’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($56K–$94K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
25 community nonprofits are registered in Sharon Hill
4.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (9 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 3 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
3.6%
3.6% of Sharon Hill’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 Sharon Hill’s residents live; 2022.
55% of borrowing is digital
3,337 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Sharon Hill’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 18K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
1,834 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Sharon Hill Public Library serves 6,014 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 2 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, 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
Sharon Hill Public Library, 246 Sharon Ave, Sharon Hill.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Sharon Hill? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Sharon Hill cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $187K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $85K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $187K 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 2,273 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Sharon Hill ranks 3rd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingdale | Collingdale Public Library | 1.9 | 44 | D |
| Folcroft | Folcroft Public Library | 1.5 | 45 | D |
| Sharon Hill | Sharon Hill Public Library | 0.6 | 34 | D |
| Colwyn | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Darby Township | None of its own | — | — | — graded with its twin city |
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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Sharon Hill
Does Sharon Hill have a public library?
Yes. Sharon Hill Public Library, 246 Sharon Ave, serves Sharon Hill’s 6,014 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Sharon Hill Public 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 Sharon Hill’s library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 0.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Sharon Hill’s civic life grade?
D Sharon Hill is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns on civic life, #905 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 Sharon Hill.
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.