Photo: Thester11 · CC BY 3.0Hooper Bay has no public library of its own
Public library figures for Hooper Bay aren’t loaded yet.
CCivic lifeAhead of 27% of U.S. towns. Nonprofits and volunteering.What’s behind Hooper Bay’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Hooper Bay is ahead of 27% of U.S. towns. Hooper Bay is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Hooper Bay’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($37K–$62K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
Hooper Bay has few registered community nonprofits
0.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: arts & culture.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.3%
9.3% of Hooper Bay’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 14.9% in the typical Alaska town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Hooper Bay’s residents live; 2022.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 0.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Hooper Bay
Does Hooper Bay have a public library?
No. There is no public library building in town.
What is Hooper Bay’s civic life grade?
C Hooper Bay is ahead of 27% of U.S. towns on civic life. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Hooper Bay.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 0. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.