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Dayton Metro Library

Dayton, OhioMontgomery CountyCounty libraryMid-size cityFiscal year January 2024 to December 2024

Dayton Metro Library is a county public library system based in Dayton (Montgomery County), Ohio, serving a legal service area of 452,238 residents through 21 library buildings and two bookmobiles. Among profiled systems serving 250,000 to 499,999 residents, it ranks third for public computers per resident, fifth for library floor space per resident and tenth for visits per resident, but ranks third-lowest for local government's share of operating revenue.

Among the 249 profiled systems in Ohio, it ranks third for public computers, fourth for population served, fifth for total visits and fifth for number of library buildings. Against the median system of its size class, it records 2.6 times the program attendance per resident and 2.3 times the operating spending per resident.

Compare with similar-size systemsSystems serving 250,000 to 499,999

Dayton Metro against the 122 systems of its size class

size-class median (50th percentile) · spine height = percentile within the class4.40Visitsper resident92nd percentile6.51Checkoutsper resident78th percentile$83.51Spendingper resident86th percentile1.68Print volumesper resident82nd percentile524Program visitsper 1,000 people90th percentile18.0Computersper 10,000 people98th percentile51.7Open hoursper outlet a week67th percentile7.2Staff (FTE)per 10,000 people89th percentile
Gold tick: size-class medianVisits per resident4.4092nd pct.Checkouts per resident6.5178th pct.Spending per resident$83.5186th pct.Print volumes per resident1.6882nd pct.Program visits per 1,000 people52490th pct.Computers per 10,000 people18.098th pct.Open hours per outlet a week51.767th pct.Staff (FTE) per 10,000 people7.289th pct.

How the measures and percentiles are calculated

Dayton Metro, building by building

The 21 buildings cover 582,141 square feet in total, 1.29 square feet per resident against a median of 0.46 for the size class. The largest building is Dayton Metro Library at 227,425 square feet; the smallest is E. C. Doren Branch at 4,926. The longest hours are at Dayton Metro Library, 60.5 a week.

BuildingTypeTownHours a weekFloor area, sq ft
Dayton Metro LibraryCentral libraryDayton60.5227,425
Belmont Branch LibraryBranchDayton58.56,087
Brookville Branch LibraryBranchBrookville58.512,177
Burkhardt Avenue Branch LibraryBranchDayton58.518,137
E. C. Doren BranchBranchDayton58.54,926
East Branch LibraryBranchDayton58.56,592
Huber Heights Branch LibraryBranchHuber Heights58.527,000
Kettering-Moraine Branch LibraryBranchKettering58.513,090
Miami Township BranchBranchMiamisburg58.517,936
Miamisburg Branch LibraryBranchMiamisburg58.516,147
New Lebanon Branch LibraryBranchNew Lebanon58.511,355
Northmont Branch LibraryBranchEnglewood58.520,000
Northwest Branch LibraryBranchDayton58.530,077
Outreach ServicesBranchDayton1028,988
Southeast Branch LibraryBranchDayton58.524,420
Trotwood Branch LibraryBranchTrotwood58.513,038
Vandalia Branch LibraryBranchVandalia58.519,465
West BranchBranchDayton58.524,003
West BranchBranchDayton58.524,003
West Carrollton Branch LibraryBranchWest Carrollton58.516,244
Wilmington-Stroop BranchBranchKettering58.521,031
Dayton Metro LibraryBookmobileDayton11
Dml Lobby StopBookmobileDayton10

Dayton Metro in numbers, FY 2024

Visits
1,987,700
Physical checkouts
2,944,688
…of children's materials
1,267,626
Electronic checkouts
1,886,751
…of e-books
799,855
…of e-audio
885,926
Registered users
379,934
Program sessions
12,641
Program attendance
237,102
Print volumes
761,010
Audio items (physical)
38,384
Video items (physical)
71,357
Public computers
813
Public service hours, all outlets
61,881
Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
326.8
Operating spending
$37.8 million
…on books and other materials
$4.8 million
Overdue fines on print items
not charged

Where Dayton Metro gets its operating money

Operating revenue came to $45.4 million, or $100.43 per resident. The local-government share is close to the combined share for the 248 profiled systems in Ohio.

This system49%43%All profiled systems in Ohio48%43%
This system49%43%All profiled systems in Ohio48%43%
  • Local government
  • State
  • Federal
  • Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)

Dayton Metro since FY 2019

Visits were 15% below the FY 2019 count of 2.3 million (size-class median: −30%). Physical checkouts moved 35% down over the same span.

FY 2019 = 1005060708090100110FY 2019FY 2023FY 2024
FY 2019 = 1005060708090100110FY 2019FY 2023FY 2024
  • Visits
  • Physical checkouts

Who comes to Dayton Metro programs

Programs for children up to age 11 drew 61% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 19 people each.

Children 0–11144,122Young adults 12–1818,343Adults 19+28,020General interest46,617
Children 0–11144,122Young adults 12–1818,343Adults 19+28,020General interest46,617

County libraries of similar size in other states

None of these six systems records more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to Johnson County Library in Kansas.

SystemBased inResidentsVisits per residentCheckouts per residentSpending per resident
Johnson County LibraryOverland Park, KS474,7763.9410.93$114.39
East Baton Rouge Parish LibraryBaton Rouge, LA453,0223.883.16$100.46
Osceola Library SystemKissimmee, FL450,9891.521.79$18.18
Dakota County LibraryEagan, MN449,6583.529.39$38.46
Department of Community ServicesNew Castle, DE449,0612.834.97$45.96
Seminole County Public Library SystemCasselberry, FL445,8702.643.01$19.63

Nearest in size within Ohio

All profiled systems in Ohio