Chubbuck’s library lends 6.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Portneuf District serves 24,524 people in and around Chubbuck. Last year it lent 185K books, movies and e-books and logged 96K visits.
The short version on Chubbuck’s library
Programs are almost all for children
81% of the 442 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 6.4 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Idaho pays a big share
22% of the budget comes from the state, and 74% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
73% of the people it serves carry a library card
17,996 cards for 24,524 people, or 73%. At the typical library serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, it’s 40%. How it compares ↓
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; Portneuf District serves 24,524 people in and around Chubbuck, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Chubbuck’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Chubbuck is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns, #34 of 54 in Idaho. Chubbuck is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Chubbuck’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
34 community nonprofits are registered in Chubbuck
2.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
11.1%
11.1% of Chubbuck’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.7% in the typical Idaho 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 Chubbuck’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Portneuf District serves 24,524 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 61 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Portneuf District system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
185K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
31,491 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 7 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
Portneuf District, 5210 Stuart, Chubbuck.
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 Portneuf District branch.
New in Chubbuck? 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 $3.30 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Chubbuck cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $873K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $873K 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 17,996 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.
- System-wide. Portneuf District serves 24,524 people in and around Chubbuck, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Chubbuck.
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 Chubbuck
Does Chubbuck have a public library?
Yes. Portneuf District, 5210 Stuart, serves 24,524 people in and around Chubbuck (the survey’s count) and is open about 58 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Portneuf 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 Chubbuck’s library?
It logged 3.9 visits and lent 7.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Chubbuck’s civic life grade?
B− Chubbuck is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns on civic life, #34 of 54 in Idaho. 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 Chubbuck.
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.