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Naknek’s library is the South Naknek Public Library, a branch of Martin Monsen Regional Library, which serves 500 people.
What stands out about South Naknek Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Naknek’s civic life grade
Naknek 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 Martin Monsen Regional Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Martin Monsen Regional Library system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: visits. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Find it
South Naknek Public Library, 1 School Road, South Naknek.
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 Naknek resident borrows (the library didn’t report its card count for 2024).
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 resident’s month = the library’s yearly loans and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ the 500 people it serves ÷ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naknek | South Naknek Public Library | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| King Salmon | Martin Monsen Regional Library | — | — | — 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.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Martin Monsen Regional Library didn’t report visits; the survey’s estimate is its own, so we leave it out and never rank it.
- System-wide. South Naknek Public Library is one branch of Martin Monsen Regional Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 500 people it serves.
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 Naknek
Does Naknek have a public library?
Yes: South Naknek Public Library, 1 School Road, is a branch of Martin Monsen Regional Library, which serves 500 people.
How busy is Naknek’s library?
It lent 0.0 items per resident in 2024 (print). Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Naknek’s civic life grade?
Naknek 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 Naknek.
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.