Klukwan’s library runs 632 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Klukwan Community/School Library serves Klukwan’s 87 residents. Last year it lent 961 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,162 visits.
What Klukwan’s library is like
More library cards than residents
289 cards for 87 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 ↓
Federal money pays a real share
86% of the budget comes from federal grants, and 0% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
11 times the programs of a typical library its size
Klukwan Community/School Library ran 55 programs last year, about 1 a week. That’s 632 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 229 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Klukwan uses its library more than almost any town its size
Klukwan Community/School Library logs 13 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 11 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 89% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Klukwan Community/School Library serves 87 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 23 hours a week. 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 Klukwan’s civic life grade
Klukwan 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 →
55 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Klukwan Community/School Library serves 87 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Klukwan Community/School Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
961 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 10K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
Find it
Klukwan Community/School Library, 315 Mission Street, Klukwan.
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 Klukwan cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $58K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $17K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $58K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 289 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Klukwan
Does Klukwan have a public library?
Yes. Klukwan Community/School Library, 315 Mission Street, serves Klukwan’s 87 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 23 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Klukwan Community/School Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Klukwan’s library?
It logged 13.4 visits and lent 11.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Klukwan’s civic life grade?
Klukwan 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 Klukwan.
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.