Photo: Thomas from USA · CC BY 2.0Victorville’s library logs 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries its size
Victorville City Library serves Victorville’s 138,202 residents. Last year it lent 59K print books and media and logged 60K visits.
The short version on Victorville’s library
Victorville City Library is used less than most libraries its size
Victorville City Library records 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries serving 100,000+ people. Borrowing is 0.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.2. It also spends less than most: $6 per resident, against a typical $36. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Victorville City Library offered 448 programs last year, 3.2 per 1,000 residents against a typical 9. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 66% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 95% of similar-size libraries, so the high share mostly reflects light borrowing by adults. What people borrow ↓
Most programs are for young children
69% of the 448 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 3.8 a week for ages 0–5. 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.
What’s behind Victorville’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Victorville is ahead of 2% of U.S. towns, #396 of 448 in California. Among the 385 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, it ranks #370. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Victorville’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Victorville City Library spends $6 per resident, against a typical $36 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($56K–$93K) 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 →
273 community nonprofits are registered in Victorville
2.0 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 (126 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 19 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
3.3%
3.3% of Victorville’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 Victorville’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Victorville City Library serves 138,202 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 19 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
59K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 48K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.2 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 6 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 Victorville last year.
2 places to borrow in Victorville
Victorville City Library, 15011 Circle Drive, Victorville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Victorville? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Victorville
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Victorville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $895K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $890K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $895K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
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 47,386 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorville | Victorville City Library fine-free | 0.4 | 60 | D− |
| Adelanto | Adelanto Branch Library | — | 29 | D− |
| Apple Valley | Newton T. Bass Apple Valley Branch Library | — | 29 | D |
| Hesperia | Hesperia Branch Library | — | 44 | D− |
| Spring Valley Lake | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Oak Hills | 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.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Victorville
Does Victorville have a public library?
Yes. Victorville City Library, 15011 Circle Drive, serves Victorville’s 138,202 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 60 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Victorville City Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Victorville’s library?
It logged 0.4 visits and lent 0.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Victorville’s civic life grade?
D− Victorville is ahead of 2% of U.S. towns on civic life, #396 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 Victorville.
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.