Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHolland’s library is a branch of Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, which lends more per resident than 86% of systems its size
Holland’s library is the Holland Branch, a branch of Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, which serves 428,505 people and lent 4.9M items last year.
Holland’s library, in brief
One of the busiest library systems its size
The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library system logs 4.7 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries serving 100,000+ people, and lends 7.2 print items per resident against a typical 3.2. On both counts it beats 86% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Ohio pays a big share
39% of the budget comes from the state, and 57% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 4.3 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.4, higher than at 92% of similar-size libraries. It’s 37% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
A well-funded system
The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library system spends $104 per resident a year, about three times the typical $36 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; Holland’s library is a branch of Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (428,505 people), not just the Holland branch.
What’s behind Holland’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Holland is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns. Holland is graded on two of the three inputs. Holland’s count of community nonprofits holds 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 →
7 community nonprofits are registered in Holland
4.8 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.8%
6.8% of Holland’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.5% in the typical Ohio 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 Holland’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 75 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Toledo-Lucas County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library serves 428,505 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
4.9M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,835,137 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 53 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.
Find it
Holland Branch, 1032 Mccord Rd., Holland.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Toledo-Lucas County Public Library branch.
New in Holland? 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 $1.77 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Holland cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $45M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $79M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $45M 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 261,087 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Holland Branch is one branch of Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 428,505 people it serves.
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 Holland
Does Holland have a public library?
Yes: Holland Branch, 1032 Mccord Rd., is a branch of Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, which serves 428,505 people. The branch is open about 63 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Toledo-Lucas County 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 Holland’s library?
It logged 4.7 visits and lent 11.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Holland’s civic life grade?
B− Holland is ahead of 54% 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 Holland.
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.