Coppell’s library logs 5.7 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Cozby Library and Community Commons serves Coppell’s 41,404 residents. Last year it lent 465K books, movies and e-books and logged 238K visits.
What Coppell’s library is like
More library cards than residents
43,142 cards for 41,404 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, it’s 39%. How it compares ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 67% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 94% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 23 items per child in Coppell last year. Kids & programs ↓
Coppell uses its library more than almost any town its size
Cozby Library and Community Commons logs 5.7 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, and lends 9.3 print items per resident against a typical 3.7. On both counts it beats 88% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Coppell out-borrows every town next door
At 11 loans per resident, Coppell leads the six towns here. The closest is Grapevine, at 8.5. Libraries next door ↓
Top 10% in Texas for borrowing
Coppell ranks #12 of 183 Texas towns with a library of their own for items borrowed per resident. Print borrowing alone runs 9.3 items per resident, more than at 88% of similar-size libraries nationwide. How it compares ↓
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 Coppell’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Coppell is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns, #63 of 539 in Texas. Library visits hold 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 →
234 community nonprofits are registered in Coppell
5.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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 (45 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 15 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
6.7%
6.7% of Coppell’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 Coppell’s residents live; 2022.
About 5 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 Coppell 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.
Cozby Library and Community Commons serves 41,404 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 134 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
465K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 74K books and other items on the shelves went out about 5.2 times last year, on average.
78,757 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Cozby Library and Community Commons, 177 N Heartz Rd, Coppell.
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 Coppell? 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 $3.47 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Coppell cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2M 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 43,142 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Coppell borrows the most per resident of the 6 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coppell | Cozby Library and Community Commons fine-free | 11.2 | 67 | B+ |
| Grapevine | Grapevine Public Library fine-free | 8.5 | 63 | C+ |
| Irving | South Irving Library fine-free | 5.2 | 62 | D |
| Dallas | Dallas Public Library fine-free | 4.4 | 48 | D |
| Carrollton | Carrollton Public Library fine-free | 4.2 | 46 | D |
| Lewisville | Lewisville Public Library fine-free | 4.1 | 58 | D− |
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 Coppell
Does Coppell have a public library?
Yes. Cozby Library and Community Commons, 177 N Heartz Rd, serves Coppell’s 41,404 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 67 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cozby Library and Community Commons 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 Coppell’s library?
It logged 5.7 visits and lent 11.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Coppell’s civic life grade?
B+ Coppell is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns on civic life, #63 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 Coppell.
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.