Boneau’s library logs 3.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Stone Child College serves 4,092 people in and around Boneau. Last year it logged 15K visits.
What stands out about Stone Child College
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Boneau’s civic life grade
Boneau 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 1 of 5 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Stone Child College serves 4,092 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
A year at Stone Child College
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Stone Child College system. The library’s own count.
Loans aren’t shown: this year’s report counted only 351 items borrowed against 15K visits, so we leave the count out.
Not reported for 2024: funding. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
20 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Stone Child College, 8294 Upper Box Elder Rd, Box Elder.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Stone Child College branch.
New in Boneau? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Boneau cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $170K.
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 955 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boneau | Stone Child College fine-free | — | 40 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Sangrey | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: funding. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- System-wide. Stone Child College serves 4,092 people in and around Boneau, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Boneau.
- Loans left out. This year’s loan count is far below the library’s visits and shelves, so we leave it out.
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 Boneau
Does Boneau have a public library?
Yes. Stone Child College, 8294 Upper Box Elder Rd, serves 4,092 people in and around Boneau (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Stone Child College 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 Boneau’s library?
It logged 3.7 visits per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Boneau’s civic life grade?
Boneau 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 Boneau.
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.