Bluffs Public Library didn’t send its yearly numbers to the Public Libraries Survey
Bluffs Public Library serves Bluffs’s 618 residents.
What’s behind Bluffs’ civic life grade
Bluffs 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 →
Find it
Bluffs Public Library, 110 North Bluff Street, Bluffs.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
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 Bluffs
Does Bluffs have a public library?
Yes. Bluffs Public Library, 110 North Bluff Street, serves Bluffs’ 618 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 21 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Bluffs Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
What is Bluffs’ civic life grade?
Bluffs 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 Bluffs.
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.