Photo: Sam Beebe/Ecotrust · CC BY-SA 3.0Ione’s library runs 12 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Ione Library District serves 854 people in and around Ione. Last year it lent 1,589 print books and media and logged 1,991 visits.
What Ione’s library is like
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, Ione Library District sits below the middle on all six per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on five. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Ione Library District offered 10 programs last year, 12 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
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; Ione Library District serves 854 people in and around Ione, 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 Ione’s civic life grade
Ione 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Ione Library District serves 854 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Ione Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
1,589 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
10 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
Ione Library District, 385 W 2nd St., Ione.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Ione Library District branch.
New in Ione? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Ione cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $40K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $27K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $40K 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 243 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. Ione Library District serves 854 people in and around Ione, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Ione.
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 Ione
Does Ione have a public library?
Yes. Ione Library District, 385 W 2nd St., serves 854 people in and around Ione (the survey’s count) and is open about 23 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Ione Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Ione’s library?
It logged 2.3 visits and lent 1.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Ione’s civic life grade?
Ione 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 Ione.
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.