Chicago Public Library Visitor Traffic by Branch and Month

Chicago Public Library visitor counts track monthly foot traffic across the Harold Washington Library Center, Sulzer, Legler, and Woodson regional libraries and over 70 neighborhood branches for 2025. The data includes monthly visitor figures, year-to-date totals, and branch location information, but excludes traffic from community rooms and programs. Many locations experience sporadic closures for facilities upgrades or emergencies.

Use Cases

• Comparing monthly branch visitation patterns using JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, etc. columns
• Analyzing annual performance per location using YTD and BRANCH columns
• Mapping library usage to community areas using Community Areas and Location columns
• Correlating visitor traffic with administrative boundaries using Wards 2023- and Zip Codes columns

Strengths

• Covers over 70 distinct library locations across Chicago
• Provides monthly granularity for the year 2025
• Includes multiple geographic identifiers (ZIP Codes, Wards, Community Areas)

Limitations

• Visitor counts are incomplete, excluding community room and program traffic
• Metadata for row count, size, license, and author is missing across all sources
• The description is duplicated across platforms with no additional context

Provenance

Source

City of Chicago

Collection Method

Likely collected via traffic counters at library entrances.

Time Range

2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-02-01 03:10:13.848124

Geography

City of Chicago, Illinois, USA