#1Coralville
Johnson County · 23,960 peopleVisits per resident a year·Coralville Public Library, FY 2024
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Towns with the most-used libraries in Iowa
Coralville has the most-used library of Iowa’s 51 towns of 2,500+ with a library of their own: 12.9 visits per resident a year at Coralville Public Library (IMLS Public Libraries Survey). The typical library here counts 3.9.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey: a year’s visits divided by the people the library serves. Only a library that serves one town (80–125% of its population) and reported its own count is ranked; IMLS estimates never are. A described list: no letters. How grades work
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#2Dyersville
Dubuque County · 4,574 peopleVisits per resident a year·James Kennedy Public Library, FY 2024
#3Story City
Story County · 3,382 peopleVisits per resident a year·Bertha Bartlett Public Library, FY 2024
All 51 towns
Visits per resident, highest first.
51 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownVisits per residentPeople servedLibrary
16BettendorfScott County · 40,710 people39,102Bettendorf Public Library Information CenterIMLS, FY 2024
49Sergeant BluffWoodbury County · 5,324 people5,015Sergeant Bluff Public/School LibraryIMLS, FY 2024
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which Iowa town has the most-used library?
Coralville (Johnson County): Coralville Public Library counts 12.9 visits per resident a year. Dyersville (11.9) and Story City (10.6) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By library visits per resident in the IMLS Public Libraries Survey: the visits a town’s own library reported, divided by the population it serves, highest first. It is the same rank as on each town’s Library & civic life page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ with a library of their own that reported its visits (51 in Iowa). Towns served by a county or regional system share its figure and aren’t ranked one by one; figures IMLS estimated for a library that didn’t report aren’t ranked; in states with strong townships the township, not a village inside it, is ranked. Every town is on the Iowa page.
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