Photo: Esprqii · CC BY-SA 3.0Happy Valley’s library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Happy Valley Public Library serves Happy Valley’s 61,327 residents. Last year it lent 664K print books and media and drew 23K people to its programs.
Happy Valley’s library, in brief
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 58% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 95% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 54 items per child in Happy Valley last year. Kids & programs ↓
The shelves work hard
Each of the 105,000 items on the shelves went out about 6.3 times last year, on average. What people borrow ↓
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.
What’s behind Happy Valley’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Happy Valley is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns, #86 of 106 in Oregon. Its library’s 2024 visits weren’t reported, so Happy Valley is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
The survey’s stand-in for Happy Valley’s 2024 visits is its own estimate, so it is left out.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($92K–$153K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for 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 →
88 community nonprofits are registered in Happy Valley
3.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (19 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.
7.0%
7.0% of Happy Valley’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 Happy Valley’s residents live; 2022.
About 8 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 Happy Valley last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Happy Valley Public Library serves 61,327 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 218 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. 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.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
664K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 105K books and other items on the shelves went out about 6.3 times last year, on average.
Find it
Happy Valley Public Library, 13793 SE Sieben Park Way, Happy Valley.
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 $3.32 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Happy Valley cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $9.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.9M budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 23,660 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.
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.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Happy Valley Public Library 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.
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 Happy Valley
Does Happy Valley have a public library?
Yes. Happy Valley Public Library, 13793 SE Sieben Park Way, serves Happy Valley’s 61,327 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 60 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Happy Valley Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Happy Valley’s library?
It lent 10.8 items per resident in 2024 (print) and ran 723 programs that drew 22,793 people. Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Happy Valley’s civic life grade?
C Happy Valley is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns on civic life, #86 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 Happy Valley.
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.