Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Cedar Park’s library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Cedar Park Public Library serves Cedar Park’s 77,516 residents. Last year it lent 1.1M books, movies and e-books and logged 270K visits.
Cedar Park’s library, in brief
Cedar Park ranks 5th in Texas for borrowing
Out of 183 Texas towns with a library of their own, Cedar Park comes 5th for items borrowed per resident. How it compares ↓
The shelves work hard
Each of the 126,000 items on the shelves went out about 7.3 times last year, on average. What people borrow ↓
Open about 66 hours a week
Cedar Park Public Library is open about 66 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 308 items go out. The building ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 35% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 85% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 16 items per child in Cedar Park last year. Kids & programs ↓
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.
What’s behind Cedar Park’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Cedar Park is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns, #185 of 539 in Texas. Library visits hold the grade up; Cedar Park’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($97K–$162K) 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 →
251 community nonprofits are registered in Cedar Park
3.2 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 (61 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 26 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.4%
7.4% of Cedar Park’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 5.7% in the typical Texas 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 Cedar Park’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Cedar Park Public Library serves 77,516 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 308 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1.1M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 126K books and other items on the shelves went out about 7.3 times last year, on average.
133,881 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 8 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Cedar Park last year.
Find it
Cedar Park Public Library, 425 South Parkwest Dr, Cedar Park.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Cedar Park? 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 $5.87 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Cedar Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $16M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.8M 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 40,831 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Cedar Park borrows the most per resident of the 3 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Park | Cedar Park Public Library fine-free | 13.6 | 66 | C+ |
| Austin | Austin Public Library fine-free | 7.9 | 61 | B |
| Leander | Leander Public Library fine-free | 4.4 | 52 | C |
| Brushy Creek | 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.
- 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 Cedar Park
Does Cedar Park have a public library?
Yes. Cedar Park Public Library, 425 South Parkwest Dr, serves Cedar Park’s 77,516 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 66 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cedar Park 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 Cedar Park’s library?
It logged 3.5 visits and lent 13.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Cedar Park’s civic life grade?
C+ Cedar Park is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns on civic life, #185 of 539 in Texas. 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 Cedar Park.
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.