Louviers Village Club · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Louviers’ library is a branch of Douglas County Libraries, which lends more per resident than 95% of systems its size
Louviers’s library is the Louviers Library, a branch of Douglas County Libraries, which serves 383,911 people and lent 5.8M items last year.
The short version on Louviers’s library
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 63% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 97% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 11 hours a week
The Louviers branch keeps short hours: about 11 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
One of the busiest library systems its size
The Douglas County Libraries system logs 3.6 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries serving 100,000+ people, and lends 9.8 print items per resident against a typical 3.2. On both counts it beats 87% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Programs are almost all for children
81% of the 5,882 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 42 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 5.2 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.4, higher than at 95% of similar-size libraries. It’s 35% of all loans. 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; Louviers’s library is a branch of Douglas County Libraries, so they cover the whole system (383,911 people), not just the Louviers branch.
What’s behind Louviers’ civic life grade
Louviers 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 92 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, 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 all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Douglas County Libraries serves 383,911 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 259 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Douglas County Libraries system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
5.8M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,008,559 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Louviers Library, 78885 Louviers Blvd, Louviers.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Douglas County Libraries branch.
New in Louviers? 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 $2.58 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Louviers cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $34M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $87M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $34M 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 172,695 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Louviers Library is one branch of Douglas County Libraries, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 383,911 people it serves.
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 Louviers
Does Louviers have a public library?
Yes: Louviers Library, 78885 Louviers Blvd, is a branch of Douglas County Libraries, which serves 383,911 people. The branch is open about 11 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Douglas County Libraries 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 Louviers’ library?
It logged 3.6 visits and lent 15.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Louviers’ civic life grade?
Louviers 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 Louviers.
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.