Library · Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Area Library
Grand Rapids’s library is the Grand Rapids Area Library, a branch of Grand Rapids Area Library, open about 35 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Multi-county system. Grand Rapids’s branch belongs to Grand Rapids Area Library, which serves 21,071 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Grand Rapids Area Library
140 NE 2nd Street, Grand Rapids 55744
35 hrsopen a week
26,500sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Grand Rapids Area Library
64K
visits
3.0 per resident
168K
loans, print + digital
8.0 per resident
9,388
library cards
45% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 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 3.1
A little below typical (49th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
6.3 print items · typical 3.9
Higher than 73% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
1.7 e-items · typical 1.1
Higher than 68% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
3.3 kids’ items · typical 1.8
Higher than 77% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
45% of residents
Higher than 58% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
168K loans last year
Books & media (adults)37%Kids’ books & media41%E-books, audio & streaming21%
Money
Who pays for it
$48 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1M.
Local 88%Gifts & other 12%
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.