Library · Lakehills
Lakehills Area Library
Lakehills’s library is the Lakehills Area Library, a branch of Lakehills Area Library, open about 42 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. Lakehills’s branch belongs to Lakehills Area Library, which serves 7,494 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Lakehills Area Library
7200 Fm 1283, Lakehills 78063
42 hrsopen a week
6,000sq ft
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Auto-renews loansBooks renew on their own if no one’s waiting
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Lakehills Area Library
31K
visits
4.2 per resident
29K
loans, print + digital
3.9 per resident
126
programs & events
3,237 attended
6,855
library cards
91% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 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
4.2 visits · typical 3.0
Higher than 67% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
3.5 print items · typical 3.8
A little below typical (46th percentile)
Digital borrowing
0.4 e-items · typical 1.0
Lower than most similar-size libraries (24th percentile)
Kids’ borrowing
2.0 kids’ items · typical 1.6
Higher than 59% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.4 attendees · typical 0.5
A little below typical (45th percentile)
Cardholders
91% of residents
Higher than 88% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
29K loans last year
Books & media (adults)39%Kids’ books & media51%E-books, audio & streaming10%
Who the programs are for
126 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$28 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $211K.
Local 45%State 0%Gifts & other 54%
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.