Photo: QuintinK · CC BY-SA 4.0Junction City’s library runs 9.2 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Junction City Public Library serves Junction City’s 7,427 residents. Last year it lent 16K print books and media and logged 8,823 visits.
The short version on Junction City’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Junction City Public Library sits below the middle on all six per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on five. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
79% of the 68 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 50 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 12% of the people Junction City Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Junction City Public Library offered 68 programs last year, 9.2 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. 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.
What’s behind Junction City’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Junction City is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns, #87 of 106 in Oregon. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($64K–$107K) 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 →
23 community nonprofits are registered in Junction City
3.4 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 (7 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.0%
9.0% of Junction City’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 Junction City’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Junction City Public Library serves 7,427 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
16K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 23K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.7 time last year, on average.
About 1 kids’ program 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 Junction City last year.
Find it
Junction City Public Library, 726 Greenwood St., Junction City.
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 $1.30 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Junction City cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $186K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $243K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $186K 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 895 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.
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 Junction City
Does Junction City have a public library?
Yes. Junction City Public Library, 726 Greenwood St., serves Junction City’s 7,427 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 31 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Junction City Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Junction City’s library?
It logged 1.2 visits and lent 2.1 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Junction City’s civic life grade?
C Junction City is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on civic life, #87 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 Junction City.
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.