La Grange Park’s library lends 5.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Lagrange Park Public Library District serves La Grange Park’s 13,508 residents. Last year it lent 78K print books and media and logged 42K visits.
What stands out about La Grange Park’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind La Grange Park’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, La Grange Park is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns, #303 of 754 in Illinois. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; La Grange Park’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
32 community nonprofits are registered in La Grange Park
2.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (8 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
12.4%
12.4% of La Grange Park’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.1% in the typical Illinois 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 La Grange Park’s residents live; 2022.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average La Grange Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.8M 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 7,382 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Lagrange Park Public Library District serves 13,508 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 28 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
78K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for La Grange Park’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 50K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.6 times last year, on average.
About 5 kids’ programs 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.
Find it
Lagrange Park Public Library District, 555 North La Grange Road, La Grange Park.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Libraries next door
La Grange Park ranks 5th of 6 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Grange | Lagrange Public Library fine-free | 15.3 | 67 | A− |
| Lyons Township | Lagrange Public Library fine-free | 15.3 | 67 | C |
| Brookfield | Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library fine-free | 9.3 | 67 | A− |
| Proviso Township | Forest Park Public Library fine-free | 7.2 | 69 | C− |
| La Grange Park | Lagrange Park Public Library District fine-free | 5.7 | 61 | B− |
| Broadview | Broadview Public Library District fine-free | 3.1 | 49 | B− |
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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Lagrange Park Public Library District counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- Digital loans not reported. Illinois libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 La Grange Park
Does La Grange Park have a public library?
Yes. Lagrange Park Public Library District, 555 North La Grange Road, serves La Grange Park’s 13,508 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 61 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lagrange Park Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is La Grange Park’s library?
It logged 3.1 visits and lent 5.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is La Grange Park’s civic life grade?
B− La Grange Park is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns on civic life, #303 of 754 in Illinois. 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 La Grange Park.
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.