Photo: Cacophony · CC BY-SA 3.0Maupin’s library runs 93 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Southern Wasco County Library serves Maupin’s 2,610 residents. Last year it lent 6,499 print books and media and logged 7,134 visits.
What stands out about Maupin’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Maupin’s civic life grade
Maupin 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 →
About 2 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Southern Wasco County Library serves 2,610 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
6,499 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 8,430 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.8 time last year, on average.
Find it
Southern Wasco County Library, 507 Grant Ave, Maupin.
No late fees. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Maupin? 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 Maupin cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $152K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $132K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $152K 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 746 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 Maupin
Does Maupin have a public library?
Yes. Southern Wasco County Library, 507 Grant Ave, serves Maupin’s 2,610 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Southern Wasco County Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Maupin’s library?
It logged 2.7 visits and lent 2.5 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Maupin’s civic life grade?
Maupin 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 Maupin.
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.