Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domainHenderson’s library runs 4.3 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 9 for libraries its size
Henderson District Public Libraries serves 341,980 people in and around Henderson from 5 locations. Last year it lent 1.7M books, movies and e-books and logged 528K visits.
Henderson’s library, in brief
Few programs for a library this size
Henderson District Public Libraries offered 1,463 programs last year, 4.3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 9. Kids & programs ↓
Nevada pays a big share
27% of the budget comes from the state, and 65% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 63% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 66% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Five branches in Henderson
Henderson has five branches of the Henderson District Public Libraries, which serves 341,980 people in and around Henderson. One card works at all of them. The buildings ↓
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; Henderson District Public Libraries serves 341,980 people in and around Henderson, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Henderson’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Henderson is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns, #14 of 16 in Nevada. Among the 385 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, it ranks #279. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($68K–$113K) 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 →
788 community nonprofits are registered in Henderson
2.4 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 (135 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 38 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.9%
5.9% of Henderson’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.0% in the typical Nevada 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 Henderson’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Henderson District Public Libraries serves 341,980 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 143 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Henderson District Public Libraries system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
1.7M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
427,713 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 18 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
5 places to borrow in Henderson
Paseo Verde Library, 280 S Green Valley Pkwy, Henderson.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Henderson District Public Libraries branch.
New in Henderson? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Henderson District Public Libraries branches in Henderson
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.86 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Henderson cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $8.7M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $25M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $8.7M 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 83,350 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson | Paseo Verde Library | — | 56 | D |
| Enterprise | Windmill Library | — | 66 | — unincorporated |
| Paradise | Clark County Library | — | 66 | — unincorporated |
| Boulder City | Boulder City Library | — | 56 | B+ |
| Whitney | Whitney Library | — | 66 | — 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. Henderson District Public Libraries serves 341,980 people in and around Henderson, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Henderson.
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 Henderson
Does Henderson have a public library?
Yes. Henderson District Public Libraries, 280 S Green Valley Pkwy, serves 341,980 people in and around Henderson (the survey’s count) and is open about 56 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Henderson District Public Libraries fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Henderson’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 5.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Henderson’s civic life grade?
D Henderson is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on civic life, #14 of 16 in Nevada. 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 Henderson.
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.