Library · Vernon Hills
Aspen Drive Library
Vernon Hills’s library is the Aspen Drive Library, a branch of Cook Memorial Public Library District, open about 68 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Vernon Hills’s branch belongs to Cook Memorial Public Library District, which serves 61,297 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Aspen Drive Library
701 Aspen Drive, Vernon Hills 60061
68 hrsopen a week
35,000sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Cook Memorial Public Library District
434K
visits
7.1 per resident
720K
loans, print + digital
11.7 per resident
1,475
programs & events
48K attended
25K
library cards
40% 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
7.1 visits · typical 2.6
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
11.7 print items · typical 3.7
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.8 attendees · typical 0.3
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
40% of residents
Higher than 52% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
720K loans last year
Books & media (adults)100%Kids’ books & media0%E-books, audio & streaming0%
Who the programs are for
1,475 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$171 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1M.
Local 93%State 3%Gifts & other 5%
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.