Grand View’s library runs 23 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Eastern Owyhee County District serves 1,669 people in and around Grand View. Last year it lent 4,889 books, movies and e-books and logged 6,755 visits.
What’s behind Grand View’s civic life grade
Grand View 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Eastern Owyhee County District serves 1,669 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Eastern Owyhee County District system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
4,889 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
38 programs a year
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
Eastern Owyhee County District, 520 Boise Ave, Grand View.
Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Good at every Eastern Owyhee County District branch.
New in Grand View? 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 $1.20 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Grand View cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $66K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $79K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $66K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 1,239 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Eastern Owyhee County District serves 1,669 people in and around Grand View, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Grand View.
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 Grand View
Does Grand View have a public library?
Yes. Eastern Owyhee County District, 520 Boise Ave, serves 1,669 people in and around Grand View (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Eastern Owyhee County District fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Grand View’s library?
It logged 4.0 visits and lent 2.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Grand View’s civic life grade?
Grand View 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 Grand View.
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.