John F. and John H. Broetje House · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 3.0Oak Grove’s library lends 4.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Clackamas County - Oak Lodge Public Library serves Oak Grove’s 31,120 residents. Last year it lent 153K print books and media and logged 65K visits.
The short version on Oak Grove’s library
Every town next door borrows more
Oak Grove’s library lends 4.9 items per resident. Each of the three neighboring towns with a library of its own lends more, led by Milwaukie at 14. Libraries next door ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Clackamas County - Oak Lodge Public Library offered 126 programs last year, 4 per 1,000 residents against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
73% of the 126 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.6 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.
What’s behind Oak Grove’s civic life grade
Oak Grove isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library’s visits weren’t reported for 2024.
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 →
Volunteering in Oak Grove
Oak Grove is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
9.0%
9.0% of Oak Grove’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 Oak Grove’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Clackamas County - Oak Lodge Public Library serves 31,120 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 76 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
153K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 47K books and other items on the shelves went out about 3.2 times last year, on average.
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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Oak Grove last year.
Find it
Clackamas County - Oak Lodge Public Library, 16201 SE Mcloughlin Blvd, Oak Grove.
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 $1.73 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Oak Grove cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.4M 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 6,054 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Oak Grove ranks 4th of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukie | Ledding Library | 14.5 | 62 | A− |
| Lake Oswego | Lake Oswego Public Library | 14.5 | 51 | A− |
| West Linn | West Linn Public Library | 13.1 | 52 | A− |
| Oak Grove | Clackamas County - Oak Lodge Public Library | 4.9 | 39 | — unincorporated |
| Oatfield | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Jennings Lodge | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Dunthorpe | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
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 Oak Grove
Does Oak Grove have a public library?
Yes. Clackamas County - Oak Lodge Public Library, 16201 SE Mcloughlin Blvd, serves Oak Grove’s 31,120 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 39 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Clackamas County - Oak Lodge Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Oak Grove’s library?
It logged 2.1 visits and lent 4.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Oak Grove’s civic life grade?
Oak Grove isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library’s visits weren’t reported for 2024. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Oak Grove.
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.