Photo: G LeTourneau · CC BY-SA 3.0Villa Park’s library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Villa Park Public Library serves Villa Park’s 22,263 residents. Last year it lent 238K print books and media and logged 130K visits.
Villa Park’s library, in brief
Villa Park is a town of borrowers
Villa Park Public Library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, more than 92% of similar-size libraries. Each item on the shelves went out about 2.1 times last year. What people borrow ↓
Villa Park invests in its library
Villa Park Public Library spends $110 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. 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 Villa Park’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Villa Park is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns, #212 of 754 in Illinois. Library visits hold the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups 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 →
105 community nonprofits are registered in Villa Park
4.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (32 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 6 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
6.7%
6.7% of Villa 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 Villa Park’s residents live; 2022.
Books and media off the shelf
238K 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 Villa Park’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 111K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.1 times last year, on average.
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.
Villa Park Public Library serves 22,263 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 75 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 6 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
Villa Park Public Library, 305 South Ardmore Avenue, Villa Park.
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 $1.73 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Villa Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $2.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.5M 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 9,909 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Villa Park ranks 4th of 6 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmhurst | Elmhurst Public Library fine-free | 19.1 | 70 | A− |
| York Township | Elmhurst Public Library fine-free | 19.1 | 70 | B− |
| Lombard | Helen M. Plum Memorial Public Library District fine-free | 12.4 | 70 | B |
| Villa Park | Villa Park Public Library fine-free | 10.7 | 61 | B+ |
| Addison | Addison Public Library fine-free | 6.4 | 66 | C− |
| Addison Township | Addison Public Library fine-free | 6.4 | 66 | D |
| Oakbrook Terrace | None of its own | — | — | D |
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 Villa Park
Does Villa Park have a public library?
Yes. Villa Park Public Library, 305 South Ardmore Avenue, serves Villa Park’s 22,263 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 61 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Villa Park Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Villa Park’s library?
It logged 5.8 visits and lent 10.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Villa Park’s civic life grade?
B+ Villa Park is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns on civic life, #212 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 Villa 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.