Photo: Rickmouser45 · CC BY-SA 4.0Eagle’s library lends 14 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Eagle Public serves 36,303 people in and around Eagle. Last year it lent 720K books, movies and e-books and logged 157K visits.
What Eagle’s library is like
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 57% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 97% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 6 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.2, higher than at 98% of similar-size libraries. It’s 30% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Eagle is a town of borrowers
Eagle Public lends 14 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, more than 96% of similar-size libraries. Each item on the shelves went out about 6.7 times last year. What people borrow ↓
The shelves work hard
Each of the 75,000 items on the shelves went out about 6.7 times last year, on average. 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.
What’s behind Eagle’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Eagle is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns, #15 of 54 in Idaho. All three 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 →
141 community nonprofits are registered in Eagle
4.3 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 (37 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 7 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
10.7%
10.7% of Eagle’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 Eagle’s residents live; 2022.
About 5 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Eagle Public serves 36,303 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 220 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
720K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 75K books and other items on the shelves went out about 6.7 times last year, on average.
218,624 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Eagle Public, 100 N Stierman Wy, Eagle.
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 Eagle? 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 $6.85 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Eagle cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $11M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.5M 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 16,809 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle | Eagle Public fine-free | 19.8 | 63 | A− |
| Boise City | Boise Public fine-free | 10.8 | 54 | A− |
| Star | Ada County District - Star Branch fine-free | — | 48 | B− |
| Meridian | Meridian District fine-free | — | 62 | B− |
| Avimor | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Eagle
Does Eagle have a public library?
Yes. Eagle Public, 100 N Stierman Wy, serves 36,303 people in and around Eagle (the survey’s count) and is open about 63 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Eagle Public 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 Eagle’s library?
It logged 4.3 visits and lent 19.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Eagle’s civic life grade?
A− Eagle is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns on civic life, #15 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 Eagle.
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.