Boynton Beach City Library
Boynton Beach City Library is a municipal public library based in Boynton Beach (Palm Beach County), Florida, serving a legal service area of 82,393 residents from a single building. Among profiled systems serving 50,000 to 99,999 residents, it records the fourth-largest gain in visits since FY 2019, but ranks last for weekly open hours per outlet.
Among the 48 profiled systems in Florida, it records the third-largest gain in physical checkouts since FY 2019. Against the median system of its size class, it records only 32% of the program attendance per resident and only 42% of the physical checkouts per resident.
Boynton Beach City against the 559 systems of its size class
The Boynton Beach City building
The single building covers 44,000 square feet, 0.53 square feet per resident against a median of 0.62 for the size class. It is open 1.2 hours a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boynton Beach City Library | Central library | Boynton Beach | 1.2 | 44,000 |
Boynton Beach City in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 179,193
- Physical checkouts
- 118,137
- Registered users
- 20,295
- Program sessions
- 786
- Program attendance
- 7,581
- Print volumes
- 77,838
- Audio items (physical)
- 3,840
- Video items (physical)
- 12,731
- Public computers
- 81
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 62
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 27.0
- Operating spending
- $2.9 million
- …on books and other materials
- $174,763
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Boynton Beach City gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $2.6 million, or $32.04 per resident. The local-government share sits 3 percentage points above the combined share for the 62 profiled systems in Florida. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Boynton Beach City since FY 2019
Visits were 75% above the FY 2019 count of 102,433 (size-class median: −29%). Physical checkouts moved 48% up over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Boynton Beach City programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 63% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 10 people each.
Municipal libraries of similar size in other states
Of these six systems, five record more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to Newport Beach Public Library in California.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranston Public Library | Cranston, RI | 82,934 | 2.84 | 5.28 | $48.27 |
| Kyle Public Library | Kyle, TX | 82,594 | 0.98 | 2.34 | $13.83 |
| Newport Beach Public Library | Newport Beach, CA | 82,419 | 7.93 | 12.16 | $128.93 |
| Oshkosh Public Library | Oshkosh, WI | 82,004 | 2.89 | 5.79 | $50.51 |
| Redwood City Public Library | Redwood City, CA | 81,863 | 8.99 | 9.21 | $141.00 |
| Alhambra Civic Center Library | Alhambra, CA | 81,811 | 2.42 | 3.44 | $42.05 |
Nearest in size within Florida
- Monroe County Public Library System · Key West · 84,145 residents
- Walton County Public Library System · Defuniak Springs · 86,373 residents
- Panhandle Public Library Cooperative System · Marianna · 74,371 residents
- Suwannee River Regional Library System · Live Oak · 73,454 residents