Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Inglewood’s library logs 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries its size
Inglewood Public Library serves Inglewood’s 106,065 residents from 2 locations. Last year it lent 78K books, movies and e-books and logged 131K visits.
What Inglewood’s library is like
Inglewood Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Inglewood Public Library records 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries serving 100,000+ people. Borrowing is 0.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.2. How it compares ↓
More library cards than residents
109,197 cards for 106,065 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 100,000+ people, it’s 41%. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Inglewood Public Library offered 419 programs last year, 4 per 1,000 residents against a typical 9. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 62% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 95% of similar-size libraries, so the high share mostly reflects light borrowing by adults. What people borrow ↓
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 Inglewood’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Inglewood is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns, #262 of 448 in California. Among the 385 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, it ranks #252. Inglewood’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($55K–$91K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
447 community nonprofits are registered in Inglewood
4.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (151 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 27 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
3.2%
3.2% of Inglewood’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 5.9% in the typical California 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 Inglewood’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Inglewood Public Library serves 106,065 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 17 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
43% of borrowing is digital
78K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 142K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
33,836 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Inglewood last year.
2 places to borrow in Inglewood
Inglewood Public Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Inglewood? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Inglewood
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Inglewood cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $3.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.8M 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 109,197 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Central Library fine-free | 6.7 | 57 | D |
| Inglewood | Inglewood Public Library fine-free | 0.7 | 51 | D |
| Lennox | Lennox Library fine-free | — | 56 | — unincorporated |
| Hawthorne | Hawthorne Library fine-free | — | 40 | D− |
| Westmont | Woodcrest Library fine-free | — | 56 | — unincorporated |
| Ladera Heights | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
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 Inglewood
Does Inglewood have a public library?
Yes. Inglewood Public Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd., serves Inglewood’s 106,065 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 51 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Inglewood 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 Inglewood’s library?
It logged 1.2 visits and lent 0.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Inglewood’s civic life grade?
D Inglewood is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns on civic life, #262 of 448 in California. 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 Inglewood.
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.