Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Tyrone’s library lends 2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Tyrone-Snyder Public Library serves 9,762 people in and around Tyrone. Last year it lent 24K books, movies and e-books and logged 24K visits.
What Tyrone’s library is like
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
75% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 9%. What your card is worth ↓
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Tyrone-Snyder Public Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on five. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
74% of the 195 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.9 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; Tyrone-Snyder Public Library serves 9,762 people in and around Tyrone, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Tyrone’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Tyrone is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns, #159 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Tyrone is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups 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 Tyrone
4.3 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 (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.4%
8.4% of Tyrone’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 Tyrone’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.
Tyrone-Snyder Public Library serves 9,762 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 11 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Tyrone-Snyder Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
24K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
4,307 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 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
Tyrone-Snyder Public Library, 1000 Pennsylvania Ave., Tyrone.
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 Tyrone-Snyder Public Library branch.
New in Tyrone? 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 $2.39 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Tyrone cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $199K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $477K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $199K 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 2,128 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone | Tyrone-Snyder Public Library fine-free | — | 40 | B+ |
| Northwood | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Grazierville | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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. Tyrone-Snyder Public Library serves 9,762 people in and around Tyrone, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Tyrone.
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 Tyrone
Does Tyrone have a public library?
Yes. Tyrone-Snyder Public Library, 1000 Pennsylvania Ave., serves 9,762 people in and around Tyrone (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Tyrone-Snyder 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 Tyrone’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 2.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Tyrone’s civic life grade?
B+ Tyrone is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns on civic life, #159 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 Tyrone.
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.