Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Euless’ library runs 18 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Euless Public Library serves Euless’s 59,686 residents. Last year it lent 274K books, movies and e-books and logged 192K visits.
Euless’s library, in brief
Every town next door borrows more
Euless’s library lends 4.6 items per resident. Each of the four neighboring towns with a library of its own lends more, led by Colleyville at 10. Libraries next door ↓
Programs draw a crowd
47,000 people came to the library’s 1,097 programs last year: 0.8 per resident, against a typical 0.3, more than at 90% of similar-size libraries. 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 higher than at 58% of similar-size libraries. 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 Euless’ civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Euless is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns, #318 of 539 in Texas. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; library visits come closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($62K–$103K) 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 →
139 community nonprofits are registered in Euless
2.3 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 (70 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 16 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.7%
5.7% of Euless’ 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 Euless’ residents live; 2022.
About 12 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 Euless last year.
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.
Euless Public Library serves 59,686 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 90 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
274K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 80K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.5 times last year, on average.
71,865 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Euless Public Library, 201 N Ector Dr, Euless.
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 Euless? 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 $1.97 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Euless cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.2M 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 26,346 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Euless ranks 5th of 5 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleyville | Colleyville Public Library fine-free | 10.4 | 47 | A− |
| Bedford | Bedford Public Library fine-free | 9.1 | 57 | C |
| Grapevine | Grapevine Public Library fine-free | 8.5 | 63 | C+ |
| Hurst | Hurst Public Library fine-free | 7.7 | 50 | C− |
| Euless | Euless Public Library fine-free | 4.6 | 58 | C− |
| Fort Worth | None of its own | — | — | 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 Euless
Does Euless have a public library?
Yes. Euless Public Library, 201 N Ector Dr, serves Euless’ 59,686 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 58 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Euless 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 Euless’ library?
It logged 3.2 visits and lent 4.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Euless’ civic life grade?
C− Euless is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns on civic life, #318 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 Euless.
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.