Photo: Tedder · CC BY 3.0Clatskanie’s library runs 56 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Clatskanie Library District serves 6,160 people in and around Clatskanie. Last year it lent 25K print books and media and drew 4,300 people to its programs.
What stands out about Clatskanie Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Clatskanie’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Clatskanie is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns. Its library’s 2024 visits weren’t reported, so Clatskanie is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Clatskanie’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
The survey’s stand-in for Clatskanie’s 2024 visits is its own estimate, so it is left out.
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 →
8 community nonprofits are registered in Clatskanie
3.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
12.8%
12.8% of Clatskanie’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.9% in the typical Oregon 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 Clatskanie’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Clatskanie Library District serves 6,160 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Clatskanie Library District system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: visits. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Books and media off the shelf
25K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
About 5 kids’ programs a week
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
Clatskanie Library District, 11 Lillich St., Clatskanie.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Clatskanie Library District branch.
New in Clatskanie? 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 $1.38 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Clatskanie cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $337K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $466K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $337K 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 4,895 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Clatskanie Library District didn’t report visits; the survey’s estimate is its own, so we leave it out and never rank it.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Clatskanie Library District serves 6,160 people in and around Clatskanie, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Clatskanie.
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 Clatskanie
Does Clatskanie have a public library?
Yes. Clatskanie Library District, 11 Lillich St., serves 6,160 people in and around Clatskanie (the survey’s count) and is open about 48 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Clatskanie Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Clatskanie’s library?
It lent 4.0 items per resident in 2024 (print) and ran 347 programs that drew 4,300 people. Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Clatskanie’s civic life grade?
A− Clatskanie is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Clatskanie.
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.