Photo: James M. Slack, Photographer, February 27, 1934 Original uploader was Tillman at en.wikipedia. Later version(s) were uploaded by KudzuVine at en.wikipedia. · Public domainLaguna’s library lends 0 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Laguna Public Library serves 3,985 people in and around Laguna. Last year it lent 131K books, movies and e-books and drew 184 people to its programs.
What Laguna’s library is like
Most of the library’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 100% of loans, more per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 0%. What people borrow ↓
More library cards than residents
4,809 cards for 3,985 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, it’s 42%. 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; Laguna Public Library serves 3,985 people in and around Laguna, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Laguna’s civic life grade
Laguna 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 →
100% of borrowing is digital
131K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
130,939 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Laguna Public Library serves 3,985 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
A year at Laguna Public Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Laguna Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Visits aren’t shown: this year’s report counted only 9 visits against 131K loans, so we leave the count out.
46 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Laguna Public Library, 29 Rodeo Drive, Laguna.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Laguna Public Library branch.
New in Laguna? The Handbook →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 $16.84 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Laguna cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $117K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $117K 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 4,809 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna | Laguna Public Library fine-free | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Paraje | 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.
- System-wide. Laguna Public Library serves 3,985 people in and around Laguna, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Laguna.
- Visits left out. This year’s visit count is far below what the library lends, so we leave it out.
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 Laguna
Does Laguna have a public library?
Yes. Laguna Public Library, 29 Rodeo Drive, serves 3,985 people in and around Laguna (the survey’s count).
Is Laguna Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Laguna’s library?
It lent 32.9 items per resident in 2024 (print and digital) and ran 46 programs that drew 184 people. Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Laguna’s civic life grade?
Laguna 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 Laguna.
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.