Greenwich Library
Greenwich Library is a nonprofit public library system based in Greenwich (Fairfield County), Connecticut, serving a legal service area of 63,574 residents through three library buildings. Among the 171 profiled systems in Connecticut, it leads on total visits, operating spending, program attendance and electronic checkouts.
Among profiled systems serving 50,000 to 99,999 residents, it ranks eighth for library floor space per resident and ninth for paid staff per resident. Against the median system of its size class, it records 4.6 times the operating spending per resident and 3.4 times the visits per resident.
Greenwich against the 559 systems of its size class
Greenwich since FY 2019
Visits were 14% below the FY 2019 count of 573,402 (size-class median: −29%). Physical checkouts moved 37% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Greenwich programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 51% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 34 people each.
Greenwich in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 492,305
- Physical checkouts
- 576,078
- …of children's materials
- 224,944
- Electronic checkouts
- 386,253
- …of e-books
- 160,389
- …of e-audio
- 137,246
- Registered users
- 23,317
- Program sessions
- 1,803
- Program attendance
- 61,787
- Print volumes
- 246,576
- Audio items (physical)
- 22,138
- Video items (physical)
- 17,567
- Public computers
- 59
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 8,024
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 91.5
- Operating spending
- $10.9 million
- …on books and other materials
- $1.2 million
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Greenwich gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $17 million, or $267.84 per resident. The local-government share sits 30 percentage points below the combined share for the 170 profiled systems in Connecticut. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Greenwich, building by building
The three buildings cover 119,475 square feet in total, 1.88 square feet per resident against a median of 0.62 for the size class. The largest building is Greenwich Library at 104,000 square feet; the smallest is Cos Cob Branch Library at 5,200. The longest hours are at Greenwich Library, 63.4 a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich Library | Central library | Greenwich | 63.4 | 104,000 |
| Byram Shubert Branch Library | Branch | Greenwich | 44.6 | 10,275 |
| Cos Cob Branch Library | Branch | Greenwich | 46.3 | 5,200 |
Nonprofit association libraries of similar size in other states
None of these six systems records more visits per resident than this one. None of them matches this system's checkouts per resident.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon Community Library | Lebanon, PA | 65,382 | 1.36 | 1.73 | $16.55 |
| Utica Public Library | Utica, NY | 65,283 | 1.23 | 0.86 | $22.20 |
| Beaver County Library System-Admin Unit | Aliquippa, PA | 65,037 | 0.24 | 0.89 | $11.98 |
| Centre County Library and Historical Museum | Bellefonte, PA | 63,547 | 1.33 | 2.70 | $15.19 |
| Parkland Community Library | Allentown, PA | 63,112 | 1.66 | 3.53 | $16.68 |
| Elyria Public Library | Elyria, OH | 62,006 | 3.12 | 8.28 | $75.49 |
Nearest in size within Connecticut
- Perrot Memorial Library · Old Greenwich · 63,574 residents
- Fairfield Public Library · Fairfield · 63,433 residents
- Pequot Library Association · Southport · 63,433 residents
- West Hartford Public Library · West Hartford · 63,969 residents