Photo: Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0Creswell’s library logs 5.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Lane Library District serves 10,080 people in and around Creswell. Last year it lent 40K print books and media and logged 58K visits.
What stands out about Lane Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Creswell’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Creswell is ahead of 93% of U.S. towns, #18 of 106 in Oregon. Creswell is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
32 community nonprofits are registered in Creswell
5.7 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 (7 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
11.9%
11.9% of Creswell’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 Creswell’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 20 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Lane Library District system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Lane Library District serves 10,080 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
40K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
About 3 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.
A National Register landmark since 2008
Lane Library District, 64 W Oregon Ave, Creswell.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Lane Library District branch.
New in Creswell? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Creswell Public Library and Civic Improvement Club Clubhouse
Creswell Public Library and Civic Improvement Club Clubhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jan 29, 2008. It is significant for its social history at the local level. Its architecture is described as Late Victorian and Front-Gable Schoolhouse.
More about the building →For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.56 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Creswell cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $414K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $645K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $414K 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 2,122 cardholders ÷ 12.
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. Lane Library District serves 10,080 people in and around Creswell, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Creswell.
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 Creswell
Does Creswell have a public library?
Yes. Lane Library District, 64 W Oregon Ave, serves 10,080 people in and around Creswell (the survey’s count) and is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lane Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Creswell’s library?
It logged 5.8 visits and lent 4.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Creswell’s civic life grade?
A Creswell is ahead of 93% of U.S. towns on civic life, #18 of 106 in Oregon. 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 Creswell.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.