Library · Palos
Green Hills Public Library District
Palos’s library is the Green Hills Public Library District, a branch of Green Hills Public Library District, open about 69 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Palos’s branch belongs to Green Hills Public Library District, which serves 33,209 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Green Hills Public Library District
8611 West 103rd Street, Palos Hills 60465
69 hrsopen a week
31,000sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Green Hills Public Library District
99K
visits
3.0 per resident
191K
loans, print + digital
5.8 per resident
417
programs & events
9,313 attended
15K
library cards
46% 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
3.0 visits · typical 2.6
Higher than 58% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
5.8 print items · typical 3.7
Higher than 69% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.3 attendees · typical 0.3
A little below typical (42th percentile)
Cardholders
46% of residents
Higher than 61% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
191K loans last year
Books & media (adults)100%Kids’ books & media0%E-books, audio & streaming0%
Who the programs are for
417 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$74 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.5M.
Local 90%State 2%Gifts & other 8%
Locations
Other Green Hills Public Library District branches in Palos
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.