John and Carolena Heimuller Farmstead · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Scappoose’s library runs 49 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Scappoose Public Library District serves 12,463 people in and around Scappoose. Last year it lent 82K print books and media and logged 62K visits.
The short version on Scappoose’s library
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 63% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 85% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Programs draw a crowd
17,000 people came to the system’s 613 programs last year: 1.3 per resident, against a typical 0.4, more than at 94% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
60% of the 613 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 223 were for children. 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; Scappoose Public Library District serves 12,463 people in and around Scappoose, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Scappoose’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Scappoose is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns, #41 of 106 in Oregon. Scappoose is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Scappoose’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 →
46 community nonprofits are registered in Scappoose
5.6 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 (11 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.9%
8.9% of Scappoose’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 Scappoose’s residents live; 2022.
About 4 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Scappoose Public Library District serves 12,463 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 32 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Scappoose Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
82K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Find it
Scappoose Public Library District, 52469 SE 2nd St., Scappoose.
No late fees. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Scappoose Public Library District branch.
New in Scappoose? 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 $3.12 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Scappoose cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $433K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $433K 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 6,632 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. Scappoose Public Library District serves 12,463 people in and around Scappoose, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Scappoose.
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 Scappoose
Does Scappoose have a public library?
Yes. Scappoose Public Library District, 52469 SE 2nd St., serves 12,463 people in and around Scappoose (the survey’s count) and is open about 50 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Scappoose Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Scappoose’s library?
It logged 4.9 visits and lent 6.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Scappoose’s civic life grade?
A− Scappoose is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns on civic life, #41 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 Scappoose.
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.