Lake Minchumina’s library logs 34 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Lake Minchumina Community Library serves Lake Minchumina’s 30 residents. Last year it logged 1,020 visits.
What Lake Minchumina’s library is like
More library cards than residents
45 cards for 30 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 ↓
Alaska pays a big share
100% of the budget comes from the state, and 0% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Lake Minchumina Community Library offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60.
Open only about 15 hours a week
Lake Minchumina 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
Lake Minchumina Community Library serves 30 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 Lake Minchumina’s civic life grade
Lake Minchumina 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 Lake Minchumina Community Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 5 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Lake Minchumina Community Library serves 30 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Find it
Lake Minchumina Community Library, 123 Airport Way, Lake Minchumina.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Lake Minchumina? The Handbook →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 Lake Minchumina cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $5,320.
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 45 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits count everyone. Lake Minchumina’s 1,020 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
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 Lake Minchumina
Does Lake Minchumina have a public library?
Yes. Lake Minchumina Community Library, 123 Airport Way, serves Lake Minchumina’s 30 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lake Minchumina Community 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 Lake Minchumina’s library?
It logged 34.0 visits per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Lake Minchumina’s civic life grade?
Lake Minchumina 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 Lake Minchumina.
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.