Photo: James Brooks · CC BY 2.0Hope’s library logs 12 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Hope Sunrise Community Library serves Hope’s 169 residents. Last year it lent 754 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,095 visits.
Hope’s library, in brief
More library cards than residents
205 cards for 169 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
64% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 11%. What your card is worth ↓
Open only about 15 hours a week
Hope Sunrise Community Library keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
A small-town library
Hope Sunrise Community Library serves 169 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
People come to Hope Sunrise Community Library a lot
Hope Sunrise Community Library logs 12 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, more than 93% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 4.5 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Hope’s civic life grade
Hope isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
A year at Hope Community Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Hope Sunrise Community Library serves 169 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
754 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 8,835 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
10 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Hope Community Library, 18487 A Avenue, Hope.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hope cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $17K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $13K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $17K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 205 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | Hope Community Library fine-free | 4.5 | 15 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Sunrise | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- 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 Hope
Does Hope have a public library?
Yes. Hope Sunrise Community Library, 18487 A Avenue, serves Hope’s 169 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hope Sunrise Community Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Hope’s library?
It logged 12.4 visits and lent 4.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Hope’s civic life grade?
Hope isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Hope.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. 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.