Colleyville’s library lends 7.5 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Colleyville Public Library serves Colleyville’s 25,736 residents. Last year it lent 267K books, movies and e-books and logged 93K visits.
Colleyville’s library, in brief
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 70% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 91% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 21 items per child in Colleyville last year. Kids & programs ↓
Top 10% in Texas for borrowing
Colleyville ranks #14 of 183 Texas towns with a library of their own for items borrowed per resident. Print borrowing alone runs 7.5 items per resident, more than at 80% of similar-size libraries nationwide. How it compares ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 2.9 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.2, higher than at 86% of similar-size libraries. It’s 28% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
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 Colleyville’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Colleyville is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns, #31 of 539 in Texas. All three inputs are above most U.S. towns; Colleyville’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
169 community nonprofits are registered in Colleyville
6.5 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 (47 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 20 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
10.8%
10.8% of Colleyville’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 Colleyville’s residents live; 2022.
About 7 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 Colleyville last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Colleyville Public Library serves 25,736 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 110 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
267K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 70K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.8 times last year, on average.
73,380 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Colleyville Public Library, 110 Main St., Colleyville.
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 Colleyville? 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 $3.07 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Colleyville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.3M 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 9,584 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Colleyville ranks 2nd of 8 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southlake | Southlake Public Library fine-free | 13.9 | 52 | A |
| Colleyville | Colleyville Public Library fine-free | 10.4 | 47 | A− |
| Keller | Keller Public Library fine-free | 9.2 | 52 | B |
| Bedford | Bedford Public Library fine-free | 9.1 | 57 | C |
| Grapevine | Grapevine Public Library fine-free | 8.5 | 63 | C+ |
| North Richland Hills | North Richland Hills Public Library fine-free | 8.1 | 50 | C− |
| Hurst | Hurst Public Library fine-free | 7.7 | 50 | C− |
| Euless | Euless Public Library fine-free | 4.6 | 58 | C− |
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 Colleyville
Does Colleyville have a public library?
Yes. Colleyville Public Library, 110 Main St., serves Colleyville’s 25,736 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 47 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Colleyville 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 Colleyville’s library?
It logged 3.6 visits and lent 10.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Colleyville’s civic life grade?
A− Colleyville is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns on civic life, #31 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 Colleyville.
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.