Bountiful Historic District · Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainBountiful’s library is a branch of Davis County Library, which lends more per resident than 85% of systems its size
Bountiful’s library is the Davis County Library Bountiful Branch, a branch of Davis County Library, which serves 373,207 people and lent 3.8M items last year.
The short version on Bountiful’s library
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 69% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 91% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
78% of the 2,140 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 22 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; Bountiful’s library is a branch of Davis County Library, so they cover the whole system (373,207 people), not just the Bountiful branch.
What’s behind Bountiful’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Bountiful is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns, #44 of 106 in Utah. Bountiful 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 ($79K–$131K) 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 →
120 community nonprofits are registered in Bountiful
2.7 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 (14 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 8 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.0%
7.0% of Bountiful’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 6.2% in the typical Utah 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 Bountiful’s residents live; 2022.
About 32 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 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Davis County Library serves 373,207 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 181 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Davis County Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
3.8M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,204,170 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Davis County Library Bountiful Branch, 725 South Main Street, Bountiful.
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 Davis County Library branch.
New in Bountiful? 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 $6.35 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Bountiful cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $8.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $56M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $8.8M 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 133,995 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bountiful | Davis County Library Bountiful Branch fine-free | — | 58 | C |
| Centerville | Davis County Library Centerville Branch fine-free | — | 58 | C− |
| North Salt Lake | None of its own | — | — | D |
| West Bountiful | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Woods Cross | 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.
- System-wide. Davis County Library Bountiful Branch is one branch of Davis County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 373,207 people it serves.
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 Bountiful
Does Bountiful have a public library?
Yes: Davis County Library Bountiful Branch, 725 South Main Street, is a branch of Davis County Library, which serves 373,207 people. The branch is open about 58 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Davis County 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 Bountiful’s library?
It logged 1.9 visits and lent 10.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Bountiful’s civic life grade?
C Bountiful is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns on civic life, #44 of 106 in Utah. 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 Bountiful.
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.