Quincy’s library runs 7.7 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Plumas County Library serves 22,012 people in and around Quincy. Last year it lent 70K books, movies and e-books and logged 50K visits.
What Quincy’s library is like
Programs are almost all for children
91% of the 170 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Plumas County Library offered 170 programs last year, 7.7 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
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; Plumas County Library serves 22,012 people in and around Quincy, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Quincy’s civic life grade
Quincy 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 Plumas County 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 Quincy
Quincy is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
14.2%
14.2% of Quincy’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 Quincy’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.
Plumas County Library serves 22,012 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Plumas County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
70K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
16,701 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 kids’ programs 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
Plumas County Library, 445 Jackson St., Quincy.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Plumas County Library branch.
New in Quincy? 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 $1.28 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Quincy cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $855K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $855K 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 10,771 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.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy | Plumas County Library | — | 36 | — unincorporated |
| East Quincy | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
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.
- System-wide. Plumas County Library serves 22,012 people in and around Quincy, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Quincy.
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 Quincy
Does Quincy have a public library?
Yes. Plumas County Library, 445 Jackson St., serves 22,012 people in and around Quincy (the survey’s count) and is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Plumas 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 Quincy’s library?
It logged 2.3 visits and lent 3.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Quincy’s civic life grade?
Quincy 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 Plumas County Library, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Quincy.
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.