Deer Creek’s library lends 4.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Deer Creek District Library serves 1,586 people in and around Deer Creek. Last year it lent 7,694 books, movies and e-books and logged 3,028 visits.
Deer Creek’s library, in brief
Few programs for a library this size
Deer Creek District Library offered 8 programs last year, 5 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 18% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 0% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 99% 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; Deer Creek District Library serves 1,586 people in and around Deer Creek, 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 Deer Creek’s civic life grade
Deer Creek 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 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Deer Creek District Library serves 1,586 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Deer Creek District Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
7,694 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
8 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
Deer Creek District Library, 205 East First Avenue, Deer Creek.
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 $1.10 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Deer Creek cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $102K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $112K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $102K 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 292 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Deer Creek District Library serves 1,586 people in and around Deer Creek, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Deer Creek.
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 Deer Creek
Does Deer Creek have a public library?
Yes. Deer Creek District Library, 205 East First Avenue, serves 1,586 people in and around Deer Creek (the survey’s count) and is open about 24 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Deer Creek District Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Deer Creek’s library?
It logged 1.9 visits and lent 4.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Deer Creek’s civic life grade?
Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek.
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.