Land O'Lakes’ library logs 23 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Land O' Lakes Public Library serves Land O'Lakes’s 956 residents. Last year it lent 28K books, movies and e-books and logged 22K visits.
The short version on Land O'Lakes’s library
More library cards than residents
1,569 cards for 956 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Land O'Lakes uses its library more than almost any town its size
Land O' Lakes Public Library logs 23 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 18 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 96% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Land O'Lakes out-borrows every town next door
At 29 loans per resident, Land O'Lakes leads the five towns here. The closest is Presque Isle, at 13. Libraries next door ↓
Five times the programs of a typical library its size
Land O' Lakes Public Library ran 268 programs last year, about 5 a week. That’s 280 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 3,803 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 11 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 98% of similar-size libraries. It’s 38% of all loans. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Land O'Lakes’ civic life grade
Land O'Lakes isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Every hour the doors are open, about 15 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Land O' Lakes Public Library serves 956 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
28K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 19K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.9 time last year, on average.
10,549 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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.
Find it
Land O' Lakes Public Library, 4242 Co. Hwy. B, Land O' Lakes.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Land O'Lakes? 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 $1.91 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Land O'Lakes cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $251K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $479K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $251K 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 1,569 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Land O'Lakes borrows the most per resident of the 5 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land O'Lakes | Land O' Lakes Public Library fine-free | 28.9 | 36 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Presque Isle | Presque Isle Community Library fine-free | 13.2 | 33 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Phelps | Eleanor Ellis Public Library fine-free | 12.3 | 31 | A+ |
| Boulder Junction | Boulder Junction Public Library fine-free | 9.3 | 32 | — too few inputs |
| Plum Lake | Plum Lake Public Library fine-free | 8.6 | 33 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Marenisco Township | Marinesco Township Library fine-free | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Watersmeet Township | None of its own | — | — | A+ |
| Conover | None of its own | — | — | B |
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 count everyone. Land O'Lakes’ 22,427 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
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 Land O'Lakes
Does Land O'Lakes have a public library?
Yes. Land O' Lakes Public Library, 4242 Co. Hwy. B, serves Land O'Lakes’ 956 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Land O' Lakes 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 Land O'Lakes’ library?
It logged 23.5 visits and lent 28.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Land O'Lakes’ civic life grade?
Land O'Lakes isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Land O'Lakes.
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.