Ashton-Driggs House · Photo: Aliciaqb · CC BY-SA 3.0Pleasant Grove’s library logs 3.7 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Pleasant Grove Public Library serves Pleasant Grove’s 37,294 residents. Last year it lent 393K books, movies and e-books and logged 140K visits.
Pleasant Grove’s library, in brief
Busy on a lean budget
Pleasant Grove Public Library spends $25 per resident, less than 72% of similar-size libraries (typical: $40). It’s still busier than 72% of them. What your card is worth ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 72% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 87% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 14 items per child in Pleasant Grove last year. Kids & programs ↓
42% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 42% of loans, more per resident than at 95% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 58%, 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 Pleasant Grove’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Pleasant Grove is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns, #47 of 106 in Utah. Library visits hold the grade up; Pleasant Grove’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($76K–$126K) 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 →
62 community nonprofits are registered in Pleasant Grove
1.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
6.5%
6.5% of Pleasant Grove’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 Pleasant Grove’s residents live; 2022.
42% of borrowing is digital
393K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 59K books and other items on the shelves went out about 3.9 times last year, on average.
164,120 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 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Pleasant Grove Public Library serves 37,294 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
A year at Pleasant Grove Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: hours open. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s 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 Pleasant Grove last year.
Find it
Pleasant Grove Public Library, 30 East Center Street, Pleasant Grove.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Pleasant Grove? 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 $6.26 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pleasant Grove cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $938K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $5.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $938K 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 25,418 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Fork | American Fork City Library fine-free | 14.6 | 64 | B− |
| Pleasant Grove | Pleasant Grove Public Library fine-free | 10.5 | — | C− |
| Cedar Hills | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Lindon | 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.
- Not reported for 2024: hours open. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
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 Pleasant Grove
Does Pleasant Grove have a public library?
Yes. Pleasant Grove Public Library, 30 East Center Street, serves Pleasant Grove’s 37,294 residents (the survey’s count).
Is Pleasant Grove 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 Pleasant Grove’s library?
It logged 3.7 visits and lent 10.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Pleasant Grove’s civic life grade?
C− Pleasant Grove is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns on civic life, #47 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 Pleasant Grove.
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.