Photo: Jsayre64 · CC BY-SA 3.0Mapleton’s library is a branch of Siuslaw Public Library District, which lends more per resident than 62% of systems its size
Mapleton’s library is the Mapleton Branch Library, a branch of Siuslaw Public Library District, which serves 19,881 people and lent 98K items last year.
What Mapleton’s library is like
Open only about 20 hours a week
The Mapleton branch keeps short hours: about 20 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Most programs are for young children
70% of the 436 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 3.8 a week for ages 0–5. 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; Mapleton’s library is a branch of Siuslaw Public Library District, so they cover the whole system (19,881 people), not just the Mapleton branch.
What’s behind Mapleton’s civic life grade
Mapleton 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 →
Every hour the doors are open, about 25 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Siuslaw Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Siuslaw Public Library District serves 19,881 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Books and media off the shelf
98K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
About 6 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
Mapleton Branch Library, 88148 Riverview Avenue, Mapleton.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Siuslaw Public Library District branch.
New in Mapleton? 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 $1.28 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mapleton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.3M 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 6,250 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. Mapleton Branch Library is one branch of Siuslaw Public Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 19,881 people it serves.
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 Mapleton
Does Mapleton have a public library?
Yes: Mapleton Branch Library, 88148 Riverview Avenue, is a branch of Siuslaw Public Library District, which serves 19,881 people. The branch is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Siuslaw Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Mapleton’s library?
It logged 5.7 visits and lent 4.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Mapleton’s civic life grade?
Mapleton 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 Mapleton.
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.