Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0Oak Creek’s library is a branch of South Routt Library District, which lends less per resident than 66% of systems its size
Oak Creek’s library is the Oak Creek Library, a branch of South Routt Library District, which serves 3,500 people and lent 9,644 items last year.
Oak Creek’s library, in brief
Most programs are for young children
70% of the 77 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 43 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 2% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 91% of similar-size libraries. 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; Oak Creek’s library is a branch of South Routt Library District, so they cover the whole system (3,500 people), not just the Oak Creek branch.
What’s behind Oak Creek’s civic life grade
Oak Creek 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 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
South Routt Library District serves 3,500 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole South Routt Library District system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
9,644 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
203 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
Oak Creek Library, 117 E Main St., Oak Creek.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every South Routt Library District branch.
New in Oak Creek? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Oak Creek cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $185K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $151K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $185K 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 1,832 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Oak Creek Library is one branch of South Routt Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 3,500 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 Oak Creek
Does Oak Creek have a public library?
Yes: Oak Creek Library, 117 E Main St., is a branch of South Routt Library District, which serves 3,500 people. The branch is open about 29 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is South Routt Library District 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 Oak Creek’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 2.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Oak Creek’s civic life grade?
Oak Creek 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 Oak Creek.
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.