David Hall House · Photo: Kretzschmar · CC BY-SA 3.0Lake Villa Township’s library lends 14 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Lake Villa Public Library District serves Lake Villa Township’s 39,809 residents. Last year it lent 544K print books and media and logged 171K visits.
Lake Villa Township’s library, in brief
Top 10% in Illinois for borrowing
Lake Villa Township ranks #25 of 259 Illinois towns with a library of their own for items borrowed per resident. Print borrowing alone runs 14 items per resident, more than at 96% of similar-size libraries nationwide. How it compares ↓
The shelves work hard
Each of the 129,000 items on the shelves went out about 4.2 times last year, on average. What people borrow ↓
Open about 66 hours a week
Lake Villa Public Library District is open about 66 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 158 items go out. The building ↓
Programs draw a crowd
33,000 people came to the library’s 1,106 programs last year: 0.8 per resident, against a typical 0.3, more than at 92% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Lake Villa Township invests in its library
Lake Villa Public Library District spends $117 per resident a year, about three times the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (91%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
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 Lake Villa Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Lake Villa Township is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns, #458 of 754 in Illinois. Library visits hold the grade up; Lake Villa Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($90K–$150K) 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 →
73 community nonprofits are registered in Lake Villa Township
1.9 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 (24 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 7 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.4%
7.4% of Lake Villa Township’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 Lake Villa Township’s residents live; 2022.
Books and media off the shelf
544K 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 Lake Villa Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 129K books and other items on the shelves went out about 4.2 times last year, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Lake Villa Public Library District serves 39,809 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 158 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 8 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
Lake Villa Public Library District, 140 North Munn Road, Lindenhurst.
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 $2.06 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lake Villa Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $4.6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $9.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $4.6M 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 14,066 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Lake Villa Township borrows the most per resident of the 3 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Villa Township | Lake Villa Public Library District fine-free | 13.7 | 66 | C+ |
| Antioch Township | Antioch Public Library District fine-free | 6.2 | 68 | C+ |
| Grant Township | Fox Lake Public Library District | 1.8 | 56 | D |
| Avon Township | Round Lake Area Public Library District fine-free | — | 70 | C− |
| Grayslake | Grayslake Area Public Library District fine-free | — | 63 | B+ |
| Round Lake Beach | None of its own | — | — | D− |
| Lake Villa | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Grandwood Park | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Newport Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
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.
- 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 Lake Villa Township
Does Lake Villa Township have a public library?
Yes. Lake Villa Public Library District, 140 North Munn Road, serves Lake Villa Township’s 39,809 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 66 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lake Villa Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Lake Villa Township’s library?
It logged 4.3 visits and lent 13.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Lake Villa Township’s civic life grade?
C+ Lake Villa Township is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns on civic life, #458 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 Lake Villa Township.
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.