Photo: User:Staplegunther · Public domainEagle Mountain’s library logs 3.9 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Eagle Mountain Public Library serves Eagle Mountain’s 56,932 residents. Last year it lent 319K books, movies and e-books and logged 220K visits.
The short version on Eagle Mountain’s library
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 81% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 72% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Most programs are for young children
77% of the 328 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 4.9 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.
What’s behind Eagle Mountain’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Eagle Mountain is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns, #31 of 106 in Utah. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Eagle Mountain’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($85K–$142K) 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 →
70 community nonprofits are registered in Eagle Mountain
1.3 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 (8 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.3%
8.3% of Eagle Mountain’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 Eagle Mountain’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Eagle Mountain Public Library serves 56,932 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 127 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
319K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 86K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.3 times last year, on average.
120,128 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 5 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 Eagle Mountain last year.
Find it
Eagle Mountain Public Library, 1650 E Stagecoach Run, Eagle Mountain.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Eagle Mountain? 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 $4.35 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Eagle Mountain cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.1M 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 17,786 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saratoga Springs | Saratoga Springs Public Library | 9.3 | 53 | C− |
| Eagle Mountain | Eagle Mountain Public Library fine-free | 5.6 | 49 | C+ |
| Fairfield | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Cedar Fort | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Eagle Mountain Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Eagle Mountain
Does Eagle Mountain have a public library?
Yes. Eagle Mountain Public Library, 1650 E Stagecoach Run, serves Eagle Mountain’s 56,932 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 49 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Eagle Mountain 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 Eagle Mountain’s library?
It logged 3.9 visits and lent 5.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Eagle Mountain’s civic life grade?
C+ Eagle Mountain is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns on civic life, #31 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 Eagle Mountain.
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.