Lakeway’s library logs 4.3 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Lake Travis Community Library serves 51,475 people in and around Lakeway. Last year it lent 424K books, movies and e-books and logged 219K visits.
Lakeway’s library, in brief
Busy on a lean budget
Lake Travis Community Library spends $25 per resident, less than 73% of similar-size libraries (typical: $40). It’s still busier than 76% of them. What your card is worth ↓
Above typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, Lake Travis Community Library is above the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, with six in the top 30%. No single number stands out, and none lags far behind. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
66% of the 1,049 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 345 were for children. 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; Lake Travis Community Library serves 51,475 people in and around Lakeway, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Lakeway’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Lakeway is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns, #50 of 539 in Texas. Lakeway is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Lakeway’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 →
118 community nonprofits are registered in Lakeway
6.1 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 (20 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 7 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.7%
7.7% of Lakeway’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 Lakeway’s residents live; 2022.
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.
Lake Travis Community Library serves 51,475 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 120 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Lake Travis Community Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
424K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
107,374 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 7 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Lake Travis Community Library, 1938 Lohmans Crossing Rd, Austin.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Lake Travis Community Library branch.
New in Lakeway? 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 $4.97 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lakeway cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.4M 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 33,760 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Cave | Bee Cave Public Library fine-free | 12.3 | 35 | A |
| Lakeway | Lake Travis Community Library fine-free | — | 47 | A− |
| Point Venture | 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.
- System-wide. Lake Travis Community Library serves 51,475 people in and around Lakeway, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Lakeway.
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 Lakeway
Does Lakeway have a public library?
Yes. Lake Travis Community Library, 1938 Lohmans Crossing Rd, serves 51,475 people in and around Lakeway (the survey’s count) and is open about 47 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lake Travis Community 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 Lakeway’s library?
It logged 4.3 visits and lent 8.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Lakeway’s civic life grade?
A− Lakeway is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns on civic life, #50 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 Lakeway.
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.