Adin Supply Company · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 3.0Adin’s library is a branch of Modoc County Library, which lends less per resident than 73% of systems its size
Adin’s library is the Adin Station Library, a branch of Modoc County Library, which serves 8,484 people and lent 23K items last year.
What Adin’s library is like
Programs are almost all for children
93% of the 70 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Modoc County Library system offered 70 programs last year, 8.3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
26% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 70%. What your card is worth ↓
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; Adin’s library is a branch of Modoc County Library, so they cover the whole system (8,484 people), not just the Adin branch.
What’s behind Adin’s civic life grade
Adin 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Modoc County Library serves 8,484 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Modoc County 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.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
23K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
3,938 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Adin Station Library, 609 South Main, Adin.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Modoc County Library branch.
New in Adin? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.36 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Adin cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $272K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $371K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $272K 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 3,673 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Modoc County Library didn’t report visits; the survey’s estimate is its own, so we leave it out and never rank it.
- System-wide. Adin Station Library is one branch of Modoc County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 8,484 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 Adin
Does Adin have a public library?
Yes: Adin Station Library, 609 South Main, is a branch of Modoc County Library, which serves 8,484 people.
Is Modoc County Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Adin’s library?
It lent 2.7 items per resident in 2024 (print and digital) and ran 70 programs that drew 745 people. Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Adin’s civic life grade?
Adin 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 Adin.
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.