Photo: M.O. Stevens · CC BY-SA 3.0Newberg’s library lends 8.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Newberg Public Library serves Newberg’s 38,083 residents. Last year it lent 312K print books and media and logged 99K visits.
What stands out about Newberg’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Newberg’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Newberg is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns, #62 of 106 in Oregon. Newberg is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Newberg’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
140 community nonprofits are registered in Newberg
5.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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 (52 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 5 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.7%
7.7% of Newberg’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 Newberg’s residents live; 2022.
About 5 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Newberg last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Newberg Public Library serves 38,083 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 141 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
312K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 84K books and other items on the shelves went out about 3.7 times last year, on average.
Find it
Newberg Public Library, 503 E Hancock St., Newberg.
No late fees. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Newberg? 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 $1.93 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Newberg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.4M 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 11,470 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 Newberg
Does Newberg have a public library?
Yes. Newberg Public Library, 503 E Hancock St., serves Newberg’s 38,083 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Newberg Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Newberg’s library?
It logged 2.6 visits and lent 8.2 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Newberg’s civic life grade?
B+ Newberg is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns on civic life, #62 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 Newberg.
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.