Pierre's Hole 1832 Battle Area Site · Photo: Lowjumpingfrog · CC BY-SA 3.0Driggs’ library is a branch of Valley of the Tetons District, which lends more per resident than 95% of systems its size
Driggs’s library is the Valley of the Tetons District - Driggs Branch, a branch of Valley of the Tetons District, which serves 13,174 people and lent 165K items last year.
What Driggs’s library is like
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 58% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 97% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
A system of heavy borrowers
The Valley of the Tetons District system lends 13 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, more than 95% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
A well-funded system
The Valley of the Tetons District system spends $87 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. What your card is worth ↓
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; Driggs’s library is a branch of Valley of the Tetons District, so they cover the whole system (13,174 people), not just the Driggs branch.
What’s behind Driggs’ civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Driggs is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns. Driggs is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Driggs’ count of community nonprofits 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 →
56 community nonprofits are registered in Driggs
19.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.8%
7.8% of Driggs’ 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 Driggs’ residents live; 2022.
About 2 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Valley of the Tetons District serves 13,174 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 30 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Valley of the Tetons District system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
165K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
2 places to borrow in Driggs
Valley of the Tetons District - Driggs Branch, 79 North Main St., Driggs.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Valley of the Tetons District branch.
New in Driggs? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Valley of the Tetons District branches in Driggs
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.06 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Driggs cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.1M 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 6,941 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.
- System-wide. Valley of the Tetons District - Driggs Branch is one branch of Valley of the Tetons District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 13,174 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 Driggs
Does Driggs have a public library?
Yes: Valley of the Tetons District - Driggs Branch, 79 North Main St., is a branch of Valley of the Tetons District, which serves 13,174 people. The branch is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Valley of the Tetons 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 Driggs’ library?
It logged 5.2 visits and lent 12.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Driggs’ civic life grade?
A Driggs is ahead of 87% 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 Driggs.
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.