Lindenhurst’s library lends 14 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Lake Villa Public Library District serves 39,809 people in and around Lindenhurst. Last year it lent 544K print books and media and logged 171K visits.
What Lindenhurst’s library is like
Lindenhurst is a town of borrowers
Lake Villa Public Library District lends 14 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, more than 96% of similar-size libraries. Each item on the shelves went out about 4.2 times last year. What people borrow ↓
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 Public Library District serves more than Lindenhurst
The library’s service area covers 39,809 people in and around Lindenhurst, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
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 Lindenhurst’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Lindenhurst is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns, #520 of 754 in Illinois. Lindenhurst is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Lindenhurst’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($99K–$164K) 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 →
30 community nonprofits are registered in Lindenhurst
2.1 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 (10 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 3 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.0%
8.0% of Lindenhurst’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 Lindenhurst’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 Lindenhurst’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 Lindenhurst 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindenhurst | Lake Villa Public Library District fine-free | 13.7 | 66 | C |
| Warren Township | Warren-Newport Public Library District fine-free | 5.3 | 68 | C− |
| Grayslake | Grayslake Area Public Library District fine-free | — | 63 | B+ |
| Venetian Village | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Old Mill Creek | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Lake Villa | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Newport Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Grandwood Park | 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.
- 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 Lindenhurst
Does Lindenhurst have a public library?
Yes. Lake Villa Public Library District, 140 North Munn Road, serves 39,809 people in and around Lindenhurst (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 Lindenhurst’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 Lindenhurst’s civic life grade?
C Lindenhurst is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns on civic life, #520 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 Lindenhurst.
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.