Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Flower Mound’s library lends 3.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.2 for libraries its size
Flower Mound Public Library serves Flower Mound’s 109,096 residents. Last year it lent 616K books, movies and e-books and logged 250K visits.
The short version on Flower Mound’s library
The shelves work hard
Each of the 72,000 items on the shelves went out about 5.9 times last year, on average. What people borrow ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 67% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 72% 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 Flower Mound’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Flower Mound is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns, #112 of 539 in Texas. Flower Mound is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Flower Mound’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
283 community nonprofits are registered in Flower Mound
3.6 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 (71 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 18 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.4%
8.4% of Flower Mound’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 Flower Mound’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Flower Mound Public Library serves 109,096 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 193 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
616K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 72K books and other items on the shelves went out about 5.9 times last year, on average.
190,046 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 9 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 Flower Mound last year.
Find it
Flower Mound Public Library, 3030 Broadmoor Ln, Flower Mound.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Flower Mound? 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 $3.80 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Flower Mound cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $2.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $8.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.3M 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 49,574 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Flower Mound ranks 3rd of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roanoke | Roanoke Public Library fine-free | 15.1 | 52 | B |
| Grapevine | Grapevine Public Library fine-free | 8.5 | 63 | C+ |
| Flower Mound | Flower Mound Public Library fine-free | 5.6 | 61 | B |
| Lewisville | Lewisville Public Library fine-free | 4.1 | 58 | D− |
| Northlake | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Bartonville | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Double Oak | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Highland Village | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Argyle | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Copper Canyon | None of its own | — | — | 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 Flower Mound
Does Flower Mound have a public library?
Yes. Flower Mound Public Library, 3030 Broadmoor Ln, serves Flower Mound’s 109,096 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 61 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Flower Mound 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 Flower Mound’s library?
It logged 2.3 visits and lent 5.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Flower Mound’s civic life grade?
B Flower Mound is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns on civic life, #112 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 Flower Mound.
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.