Jefferson County Courthouse · Photo: UltraSparky · CC BY-SA 3.0Rigby’s library lends 9.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Rigby Public serves 6,528 people in and around Rigby. Last year it lent 73K books, movies and e-books and logged 20K visits.
What Rigby’s library is like
Programs are almost all for children
98% of the 99 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.8 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 71% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 96% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Rigby is a town of borrowers
Rigby Public lends 9.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 89% of similar-size libraries. 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 Rigby’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Rigby is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns, #39 of 54 in Idaho. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Rigby’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($64K–$106K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
12 community nonprofits are registered in Rigby
2.3 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.7%
9.7% of Rigby’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 Rigby’s residents live; 2022.
About 2 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 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Rigby Public serves 6,528 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 48 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
73K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 32K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.9 times last year, on average.
12,904 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Rigby Public, 110 N State St., Rigby.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Rigby? 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 $6.49 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Rigby cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $159K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $159K 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 2,314 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Rigby
Does Rigby have a public library?
Yes. Rigby Public, 110 N State St., serves 6,528 people in and around Rigby (the survey’s count) and is open about 30 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Rigby 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 Rigby’s library?
It logged 3.0 visits and lent 11.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Rigby’s civic life grade?
C+ Rigby is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns on civic life, #39 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 Rigby.
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.