Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Strawberry Point’s library runs 154 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Strawberry Point Public Library serves Strawberry Point’s 2,218 residents. Last year it lent 10K print books and media and logged 9,277 visits.
What Strawberry Point’s library is like
A small-town library
Strawberry Point Public Library serves 2,218 residents with about 2 full-time staff, open about 39 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Programs lean toward adults
58% of the 341 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 129 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Strawberry Point Public Library holds 23,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Strawberry Point’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Strawberry Point is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. Strawberry Point is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Strawberry Point
4.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
12.1%
12.1% of Strawberry Point’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.6% in the typical Iowa 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 Strawberry Point’s residents live; 2022.
About 2 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 Strawberry Point last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Strawberry Point Public Library serves 2,218 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
10K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 23K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
Find it
Strawberry Point Public Library, 401 Commercial St., Strawberry Point.
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 $1.78 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Strawberry Point cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $125K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $222K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $125K 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 1,216 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Strawberry Point
Does Strawberry Point have a public library?
Yes. Strawberry Point Public Library, 401 Commercial St., serves Strawberry Point’s 2,218 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 39 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Strawberry Point Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Strawberry Point’s library?
It logged 4.2 visits and lent 4.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Strawberry Point’s civic life grade?
A Strawberry Point is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Strawberry Point.
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.