Library · Glendale Heights
Glenside Public Library District
Glendale Heights’s library is the Glenside Public Library District, a branch of Glenside Public Library District, open about 70 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Glendale Heights’s branch belongs to Glenside Public Library District, which serves 35,094 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Glenside Public Library District
25 East Fullerton Avenue, Glendale Heights 60139
70 hrsopen a week
39,435sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Glenside Public Library District
196K
visits
5.6 per resident
199K
loans, print + digital
5.7 per resident
1,865
programs & events
39K attended
19K
library cards
55% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people
Per-resident numbers, compared only with libraries of a similar size across the country, because a tiny town’s library always looks busier per person.
Visits per resident
5.6 visits · typical 2.6
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
5.7 print items · typical 3.7
Higher than 68% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
1.1 attendees · typical 0.3
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
55% of residents
Higher than 75% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
199K loans last year
Books & media (adults)100%Kids’ books & media0%E-books, audio & streaming0%
Who the programs are for
1,865 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$103 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.6M.
Local 92%State 2%Gifts & other 7%
About these numbers
How to read this page
Hours are an averageThe survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Compared by size“Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
One year, the library’s own countLibraries report their own visits, loans and programs for fiscal year 2024. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Distances are straight-line from the town center.