Photo: M.O. Stevens · Public domainAloha’s library lends 8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Aloha Community Library serves Aloha’s 21,649 residents. Last year it lent 173K print books and media and logged 53K visits.
What stands out about Aloha’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Aloha’s civic life grade
Aloha isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary), its library’s visits weren’t reported for 2024 and the volunteering estimate doesn’t cover enough of 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 →
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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Aloha last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Aloha Community Library serves 21,649 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 76 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
173K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 31K books and other items on the shelves went out about 5.6 times last year, on average.
Find it
Aloha Community Library, 17455 SW Farmington Rd, Suite 26a, Aloha.
No late fees. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Aloha? 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 $3.73 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Aloha cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $692K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $692K 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 9,687 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Aloha ranks 3rd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
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.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Aloha
Does Aloha have a public library?
Yes. Aloha Community Library, 17455 SW Farmington Rd, Suite 26a, serves Aloha’s 21,649 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 44 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Aloha Community Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Aloha’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 8.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Aloha’s civic life grade?
Aloha isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary), its library’s visits weren’t reported for 2024 and the volunteering estimate doesn’t cover enough of it. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Aloha.
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.