Fairfield’s library logs 17 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Camas County District serves 1,143 people in and around Fairfield. Last year it lent 5,041 books, movies and e-books and logged 19K visits.
What Fairfield’s library is like
More of a place to be than a place to borrow
Visits per resident beat 96% of similar-size libraries, while borrowing beats only 36%. The building also logs about 82 Wi-Fi sessions a day. A year at the library ↓
More library cards than residents
1,150 cards for 1,143 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
71% of the 173 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
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; Camas County District serves 1,143 people in and around Fairfield, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Fairfield’s civic life grade
Fairfield 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 →
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Camas County District system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Camas County District serves 1,143 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
5,041 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,861 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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.
Find it
Camas County District, 607 Soldier Rd, Fairfield.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Camas County District branch.
New in Fairfield? 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 $1.81 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Fairfield cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $97K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $176K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $97K 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 1,150 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits count everyone. Fairfield’s 19,131 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
- System-wide. Camas County District serves 1,143 people in and around Fairfield, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Fairfield.
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 Fairfield
Does Fairfield have a public library?
Yes. Camas County District, 607 Soldier Rd, serves 1,143 people in and around Fairfield (the survey’s count) and is open about 29 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Camas County 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 Fairfield’s library?
It logged 16.7 visits and lent 4.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Fairfield’s civic life grade?
Fairfield 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 Fairfield.
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.