Hayfork’s library is a branch of Trinity County Free Library, which lends less per resident than 84% of systems its size
Hayfork’s library is the Hayfork Branch Library, a branch of Trinity County Free Library, which serves 15,915 people and lent 28K items last year.
What Hayfork’s library is like
Programs are almost all for children
96% of the 75 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.2 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Trinity County Free Library system offered 75 programs last year, 4.7 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 20 hours a week
The Hayfork branch keeps short hours: about 20 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
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; Hayfork’s library is a branch of Trinity County Free Library, so they cover the whole system (15,915 people), not just the Hayfork branch.
What’s behind Hayfork’s civic life grade
Hayfork isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Trinity County Free Library, so there is no town figure for visits.
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 →
Volunteering in Hayfork
Hayfork is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
12.7%
12.7% of Hayfork’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 5.9% in the typical California town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Hayfork’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Trinity County Free Library serves 15,915 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 11 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Trinity County Free Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
28K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
4,283 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
Hayfork Branch Library, 6641 A State Hwy. 3, Hayfork.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Trinity County Free Library branch.
New in Hayfork? 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 $1.02 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hayfork cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $438K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $447K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $438K 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 7,137 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Hayfork Branch Library is one branch of Trinity County Free Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 15,915 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 Hayfork
Does Hayfork have a public library?
Yes: Hayfork Branch Library, 6641 A State Hwy. 3, is a branch of Trinity County Free Library, which serves 15,915 people. The branch is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Trinity County Free 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 Hayfork’s library?
It logged 1.7 visits and lent 1.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Hayfork’s civic life grade?
Hayfork isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Trinity County Free Library, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Hayfork.
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.