Moreno Valley’s library lends 1.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.2 for libraries its size
Moreno Valley Public Library serves Moreno Valley’s 207,146 residents from 3 locations. Last year it lent 265K books, movies and e-books and logged 255K visits.
Moreno Valley’s library, in brief
Moreno Valley Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Moreno Valley Public Library records 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries serving 100,000+ people. Borrowing is 1.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.2. It also spends less than most: $16 per resident, against a typical $36. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 18% of the people Moreno Valley Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 41% for its size. How it compares ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 61% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 83% of similar-size libraries, so the high share mostly reflects light borrowing by adults. What people borrow ↓
Three places to borrow in Moreno Valley
Moreno Valley Public Library runs three locations, and one card works at all of them. The buildings ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 8% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 98% of similar-size libraries. The print collection works hard: each item went out about 2.7 times last year. What people borrow ↓
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.
What’s behind Moreno Valley’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Moreno Valley is ahead of 2% of U.S. towns, #390 of 448 in California. Among the 385 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, it ranks #366. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Moreno Valley’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Moreno Valley Public Library spends $16 per resident, against a typical $36 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($70K–$117K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
333 community nonprofits are registered in Moreno Valley
1.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (192 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 35 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
2.5%
2.5% of Moreno Valley’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 Moreno Valley’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Moreno Valley Public Library serves 207,146 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 30 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
265K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 89K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.7 times last year, on average.
20,336 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 12 kids’ programs a week
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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Moreno Valley last year.
3 places to borrow in Moreno Valley
Moreno Valley Public Library, 25480 Alessandro Blvd, Moreno Valley.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Moreno Valley? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Moreno Valley
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.44 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Moreno Valley cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $3.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.3M 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 36,840 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
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.
- 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 Moreno Valley
Does Moreno Valley have a public library?
Yes. Moreno Valley Public Library, 25480 Alessandro Blvd, serves Moreno Valley’s 207,146 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 63 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Moreno Valley Public 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 Moreno Valley’s library?
It logged 1.2 visits and lent 1.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Moreno Valley’s civic life grade?
D− Moreno Valley is ahead of 2% of U.S. towns on civic life, #390 of 448 in California. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Moreno Valley.
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.