Photo: Orygun · CC BY-SA 4.0Lakeview’s library runs 5 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Lake County Library District serves 8,562 people in and around Lakeview. Last year it lent 23K print books and media and logged 15K visits.
What Lakeview’s library is like
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Lake County 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
Lake County Library District offered 43 programs last year, 5 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; Lake County Library District serves 8,562 people in and around Lakeview, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Lakeview’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Lakeview is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns. Lakeview is graded on two of the three inputs. Lakeview’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
26 community nonprofits are registered in Lakeview
8.1 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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.1%
7.1% of Lakeview’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 Lakeview’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Lake County Library District serves 8,562 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Lake County Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
23K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
43 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Lake County Library District, 26 S G St., Lakeview.
Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Lake County Library District branch.
New in Lakeview? 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 $1.07 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lakeview cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $447K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $477K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $447K 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 2,179 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. Lake County Library District serves 8,562 people in and around Lakeview, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Lakeview.
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 Lakeview
Does Lakeview have a public library?
Yes. Lake County Library District, 26 S G St., serves 8,562 people in and around Lakeview (the survey’s count) and is open about 29 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lake County Library District fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Lakeview’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 2.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Lakeview’s civic life grade?
A− Lakeview is ahead of 76% 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 Lakeview.
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.