Leeds’ library logs 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Leeds Public Library serves Leeds’s 442 residents. Last year it lent 430 books, movies and e-books and logged 393 visits.
The short version on Leeds’s library
Leeds Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Leeds Public Library records 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $13 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Open only about 6 hours a week
Leeds Public Library keeps short hours: about 6 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Leeds Public Library offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60.
A small-town library
Leeds Public Library serves 442 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Runs on less money than most
Leeds Public Library spends $13 per resident, less than 96% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Leeds’ civic life grade
Leeds isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Leeds Public Library serves 442 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
430 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Leeds’ library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 6,839 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
Find it
Leeds Public Library, 221 Main Street West, Leeds.
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 $1.25 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Leeds cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $5,843.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $7,310 worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $5,843 budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 160 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | Leeds Public Library | 1.0 | 6 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Leeds Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Lake Ibsen Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Leeds
Does Leeds have a public library?
Yes. Leeds Public Library, 221 Main Street West, serves Leeds’ 442 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 6 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Leeds Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Leeds’ library?
It logged 0.9 visits and lent 1.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Leeds’ civic life grade?
Leeds isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Leeds.
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.