Photo: Hamilton Gardner · Public domainLehi’s library lends 5.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Lehi City Public Library serves Lehi’s 90,227 residents. Last year it lent 862K books, movies and e-books and logged 208K visits.
Lehi’s library, in brief
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 83% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 89% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 14 items per child in Lehi last year. Kids & programs ↓
Programs are almost all for children
83% of the 387 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 3.4 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
The shelves work hard
Each of the 103,000 items on the shelves went out about 5.1 times last year, on average. What people borrow ↓
40% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 40% of loans, more per resident than at 93% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 60%, much of it kids’ books. 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 Lehi’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Lehi is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns, #41 of 106 in Utah. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Lehi’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($98K–$164K) 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 →
175 community nonprofits are registered in Lehi
2.1 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 (13 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 4 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.2%
8.2% of Lehi’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 Lehi’s residents live; 2022.
40% of borrowing is digital
862K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 103K books and other items on the shelves went out about 5.1 times last year, on average.
342,570 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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.
Lehi City Public Library serves 90,227 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 317 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 6 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 Lehi last year.
Find it
Lehi City Public Library, 120 North Center Street, Lehi.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Lehi? 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 $7.26 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lehi cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.7M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $13M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.7M 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 27,314 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Lehi ranks 3rd of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Fork | American Fork City Library fine-free | 14.6 | 64 | B− |
| Highland | Highland City Library | 13.4 | 48 | D |
| Lehi | Lehi City Public Library fine-free | 9.5 | 53 | C |
| Saratoga Springs | Saratoga Springs Public Library | 9.3 | 53 | C− |
| Draper | Draper Library | — | 58 | C+ |
| Bluffdale | 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Lehi City 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 Lehi
Does Lehi have a public library?
Yes. Lehi City Public Library, 120 North Center Street, serves Lehi’s 90,227 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 53 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lehi City 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 Lehi’s library?
It logged 2.3 visits and lent 9.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Lehi’s civic life grade?
C Lehi is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns on civic life, #41 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 Lehi.
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.