Photo: Meridethmyers · Public domainNorth Las Vegas’ library logs 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries its size
North Las Vegas Library District serves 282,496 people in and around North Las Vegas from 3 locations. Last year it lent 478K books, movies and e-books and logged 265K visits.
What North Las Vegas’s library is like
North Las Vegas Library District is used less than most libraries its size
North Las Vegas Library District records 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries serving 100,000+ people. Borrowing is 1.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.2. It also spends less than most: $13 per resident, against a typical $36. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
North Las Vegas Library District offered 1,048 programs last year, 3.7 per 1,000 residents against a typical 9. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 61% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 81% of similar-size libraries, so the high share mostly reflects light borrowing by adults. What people borrow ↓
Runs on less money than most
North Las Vegas Library District spends $13 per resident, less than 94% of similar-size libraries (typical: $36). 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; North Las Vegas Library District serves 282,496 people in and around North Las Vegas, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind North Las Vegas’ civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, North Las Vegas is ahead of 2% of U.S. towns. Among the 385 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, it ranks #365. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; North Las Vegas’ count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
North Las Vegas Library District spends $13 per resident, against a typical $36 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($60K–$99K) 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 →
425 community nonprofits are registered in North Las Vegas
1.5 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 (140 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 18 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
4.0%
4.0% of North Las Vegas’ 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 North Las Vegas’ residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
North Las Vegas Library District serves 282,496 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 60 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole North Las Vegas Library District system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
478K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
127,982 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 12 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.
3 places to borrow in North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas Public Library, 2250 Las Vegas Blvd N, North Las Vegas.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every North Las Vegas Library District branch.
New in North Las Vegas? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other North Las Vegas Library District branches in North Las Vegas
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.99 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average North Las Vegas cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $3.6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $7.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.6M 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 68,780 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Las Vegas | North Las Vegas Public Library | — | 36 | D− |
| Las Vegas | Sahara West Library | — | 66 | C− |
| Sunrise Manor | Sunrise Library | — | 66 | — unincorporated |
| Nellis AFB | 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. North Las Vegas Library District serves 282,496 people in and around North Las Vegas, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just North Las Vegas.
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 North Las Vegas
Does North Las Vegas have a public library?
Yes. North Las Vegas Library District, 2250 Las Vegas Blvd N, serves 282,496 people in and around North Las Vegas (the survey’s count) and is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is North Las Vegas Library District 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 North Las Vegas’ library?
It logged 0.9 visits and lent 1.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is North Las Vegas’ civic life grade?
D− North Las Vegas is ahead of 2% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 North Las Vegas.
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.