Bryson Stage Coach Stop · Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0Liberty Hill’s library lends 5.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Liberty Hill Public Library serves 30,143 people in and around Liberty Hill. Last year it lent 153K print books and media and logged 52K visits.
Liberty Hill’s library, in brief
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 82% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 85% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
75% of the 362 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 3.6 a week for ages 0–5. 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; Liberty Hill Public Library serves 30,143 people in and around Liberty Hill, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Liberty Hill’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Liberty Hill is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns, #291 of 539 in Texas. Liberty Hill is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($86K–$144K) 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 →
20 community nonprofits are registered in Liberty Hill
2.4 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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.1%
7.1% of Liberty Hill’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 Liberty Hill’s residents live; 2022.
About 5 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Liberty Hill Public Library serves 30,143 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 56 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Liberty Hill Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
153K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Liberty Hill Public Library, 355 Main Street, Liberty Hill.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Liberty Hill Public Library branch.
New in Liberty Hill? 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 $2.60 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Liberty Hill cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $843K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $843K 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 12,293 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leander | Leander Public Library fine-free | 4.4 | 52 | C |
| Liberty Hill | Liberty Hill Public Library fine-free | — | 52 | C− |
| Santa Rita Ranch | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
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.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Liberty Hill Public Library serves 30,143 people in and around Liberty Hill, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Liberty Hill.
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 Liberty Hill
Does Liberty Hill have a public library?
Yes. Liberty Hill Public Library, 355 Main Street, serves 30,143 people in and around Liberty Hill (the survey’s count) and is open about 52 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Liberty Hill 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 Liberty Hill’s library?
It logged 1.7 visits and lent 5.1 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Liberty Hill’s civic life grade?
C− Liberty Hill is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns on civic life, #291 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 Liberty Hill.
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.