Wayne’s library logs 4.8 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Memorial Library of Radnor Township serves 33,228 people in and around Wayne. Last year it lent 331K books, movies and e-books and logged 159K visits.
The short version on Wayne’s library
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 56% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 87% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Open about 69 hours a week
Memorial Library of Radnor Township is open about 69 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 92 items go out. The building ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
25% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 67%. What your card is worth ↓
Memorial Library of Radnor Township serves more than Wayne
The library’s service area covers 33,228 people in and around Wayne, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
A place to get online
Memorial Library of Radnor Township logs about 1,585 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 10 public computers. That’s 17 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
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 Wayne’s civic life grade
Wayne 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 →
About 7 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Memorial Library of Radnor Township serves 33,228 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 92 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
331K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 119K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.2 times last year, on average.
74,087 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Memorial Library of Radnor Township, 114 West Wayne Ave, Wayne.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Wayne? 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 $4.26 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Wayne cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.6M 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 11,265 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Wayne ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easttown Township | Easttown Library | 32.3 | 58 | A− |
| Wayne | Memorial Library of Radnor Township | 10.0 | 69 | — graded as part of its town |
| Radnor Township | Memorial Library of Radnor Township | 10.0 | 69 | B+ |
| Tredyffrin Township | Tredyffrin Public Library | — | 53 | B+ |
| St. Davids | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
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 Wayne
Does Wayne have a public library?
Yes. Memorial Library of Radnor Township, 114 West Wayne Ave, serves 33,228 people in and around Wayne (the survey’s count) and is open about 69 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Memorial Library of Radnor Township 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 Wayne’s library?
It logged 4.8 visits and lent 10.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Wayne’s civic life grade?
Wayne 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 Wayne.
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.