St. Nicholas Chapel · Photo: Jet Lowe · Public domainIgiugig’s library runs 164 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Igiugig Tribal Library serves Igiugig’s 67 residents. Last year it lent 203 books, movies and e-books and logged 432 visits.
The short version on Igiugig’s library
Alaska pays a big share
38% of the budget comes from the state, and 0% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
More library cards than residents
92 cards for 67 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 ↓
More of a place to be than a place to borrow
Visits per resident beat 77% of similar-size libraries, while borrowing beats only 29%. The building also logs about 1 Wi-Fi sessions a day. A year at the library ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 84% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 62% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
A small-town library
Igiugig Tribal Library serves 67 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 ↓
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 Igiugig’s civic life grade
Igiugig 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 →
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Igiugig cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $18K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4,059 worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $18K 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 92 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Igiugig Tribal Library serves 67 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Igiugig Tribal Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: hours open. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
203 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 12K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0 time last year, on average.
49 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
11 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Igiugig Tribal Library, 1 Airport Way, Igiugig.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Igiugig? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: hours open. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
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 Igiugig
Does Igiugig have a public library?
Yes. Igiugig Tribal Library, 1 Airport Way, serves Igiugig’s 67 residents (the survey’s count).
Is Igiugig Tribal Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Igiugig’s library?
It logged 6.4 visits and lent 3.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Igiugig’s civic life grade?
Igiugig 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 Igiugig.
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.