Photo: Yurivict at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Gold Beach’s library logs 23 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Curry Public Library District serves 5,265 people in and around Gold Beach. Last year it lent 51K print books and media and logged 123K visits.
Gold Beach’s library, in brief
One of the busiest library systems its size
Curry Public Library District logs 23 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 9.7 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 90% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Five times the programs of a typical library its size
Curry Public Library District ran 915 programs last year, about 18 a week. That’s 174 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 14,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Nearly everyone the system serves has a card
5,083 cards for 5,265 people, or 97%. At the typical library serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, it’s 42%. How it compares ↓
A well-funded system
Curry Public Library District spends $144 per resident a year, about three times the typical $43 for a library its size. 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; Curry Public Library District serves 5,265 people in and around Gold Beach, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Gold Beach’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Gold Beach is ahead of 90% of U.S. towns. Gold Beach is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Gold Beach’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
18 community nonprofits are registered in Gold Beach
7.5 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.2%
9.2% of Gold Beach’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 Gold Beach’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 18 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Curry Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Curry Public Library District serves 5,265 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Books and media off the shelf
51K 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.
Find it
Curry Public Library District, 94341 3rd St., Gold Beach.
No late fees. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Curry Public Library District branch.
New in Gold Beach? 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 $1.35 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Gold Beach cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $760K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $760K 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 5,083 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Beach | Curry Public Library District fine-free | — | 54 | A |
| Wedderburn | 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.
- Visits count everyone. Gold Beach’s 122,670 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Curry Public Library District serves 5,265 people in and around Gold Beach, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Gold Beach.
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 Gold Beach
Does Gold Beach have a public library?
Yes. Curry Public Library District, 94341 3rd St., serves 5,265 people in and around Gold Beach (the survey’s count) and is open about 54 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Curry Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Gold Beach’s library?
It logged 23.3 visits and lent 9.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Gold Beach’s civic life grade?
A Gold Beach is ahead of 90% 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 Gold Beach.
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.