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South Bannock District - Mccammon · part of South Bannock District

McCammon’s library is a branch of South Bannock District, which lends less per resident than 53% of systems its size

McCammon’s library is the South Bannock District - Mccammon, a branch of South Bannock District, which serves 6,973 people and lent 31K items last year.

808 Center St., Mccammon 83250 · about 27 hours a week
–Civic lifeNot graded: fewer than 1,000 residents
Borrowed a year
31K
4.4 per resident
Visits a year
21K
3 per resident · Below typical (3)
Programs & events
314
about 6 a week · 4,248 attended
Cardholders
77%
5,368 cards
Open
27 hrs
a week at this branch

What stands out about South Bannock District - Mccammon

Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.

Civic life grade

What’s behind McCammon’s civic life grade

McCammon isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of McCammon’s overall grade.

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 →

★ What stands out · How it compares

Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures

Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.

Visits per resident 3 visits · typical 3Lower than 51%
Borrowing per resident 3.6 print items · typical 3.8Lower than 53%
Digital borrowing 0.8 e-items · typical 1Lower than 56%
Kids’ borrowing 2.5 kids’ items · typical 1.6Higher than 69%
Program attendance 0.6 attendees · typical 0.5Higher than 58%
Programs offered 45 per 1,000 residents · typical 34Higher than 62%
Cardholders 77% of residents · typical 42%Higher than 83%
Spending $57 per resident · typical $43Higher than 68%
Fewer per residentMore per resident
Size group

South Bannock District serves 6,973 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.

A year at the library

Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out

Fiscal year 2024, for the whole South Bannock District system. The library’s own count.

21K
visits
3 per resident
31K
loans, print + digital
4.4 per resident
314
programs & events
4,248 attended
5,368
library cards
77% of people served
Every open hour8items borrowed
Every week82people at a program
Every day14Wi-Fi sessions
7 staff (full-time equivalent)12 public computers
What people borrow

More than half the print loans are kids’ books

31K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.

31Kloans
Books & media (adults) 25%Kids’ books & media 56%E-books, audio & streaming 19%
From your couch

5,915 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.

Kids & programs

314 programs a year

Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.

Schools in McCammon →

Programs last year by age group

Ages 0–50
Ages 6–110
Teens0
Adults0
All ages314
17K
kids’ books & media borrowed
4,248
people at programs
314
programs
The building

Find it

South Bannock District - Mccammon, 808 Center St., Mccammon.

27
hours open a week
2,940
square feet
With a card

No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every South Bannock District branch.

New in McCammon? The Handbook →

Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.

What your card is worth

For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.21 worth

Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average McCammon cardholder borrows.

In a month I’d use…
Books$17 each
1
Kids’ books$12 each
0
E-books & audio$15 each
0
Movies & music$4 each
0
Programs & classes$10 a program
0
Computer & Wi-Fi$3 a session
0
Your card saves you about
$204
a year at retail prices · $17 a month

Who pays for it
$57 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $401K.

Local taxes 90%State 7%Federal 2%Gifts & other 2%

Last year the library lent and hosted about $486K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $401K 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 5,368 cardholders ÷ 12.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.

  • System-wide. South Bannock District - Mccammon is one branch of South Bannock District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 6,973 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 McCammon

Does McCammon have a public library?

Yes: South Bannock District - Mccammon, 808 Center St., is a branch of South Bannock District, which serves 6,973 people. The branch is open about 27 hours a week, averaged over the year.

Is South Bannock 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 McCammon’s library?

It logged 3.0 visits and lent 4.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.

What is McCammon’s civic life grade?

McCammon 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 McCammon.

Town Square →
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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.