Photo: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0Condon’s library logs 5.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Gilliam County Library serves 1,392 people in and around Condon. Last year it lent 5,114 print books and media and logged 7,806 visits.
What Condon’s library is like
Few programs for a library this size
Gilliam County Library offered 16 programs last year, 11 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Gilliam County Library spends $112 per resident a year, about twice the typical $54 for a library its size. Almost all of it (95%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
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; Gilliam County Library serves 1,392 people in and around Condon, 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 Condon’s civic life grade
Condon 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 →
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Condon cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $156K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $91K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $156K 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 698 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Gilliam County Library serves 1,392 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Gilliam County Library system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
5,114 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
16 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
Gilliam County Library, 134 S Main St., Condon.
No late fees. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Gilliam County Library branch.
New in Condon? The Handbook →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.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Gilliam County Library serves 1,392 people in and around Condon, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Condon.
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 Condon
Does Condon have a public library?
Yes. Gilliam County Library, 134 S Main St., serves 1,392 people in and around Condon (the survey’s count) and is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Gilliam County Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Condon’s library?
It logged 5.6 visits and lent 3.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Condon’s civic life grade?
Condon 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 Condon.
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.