Photo: Tedder · CC BY 3.0Stanfield’s library runs 68 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Stanfield Public Library serves Stanfield’s 2,673 residents. Last year it lent 9,644 print books and media and logged 12K visits.
Stanfield’s library, in brief
Programs draw a crowd
5,519 people came to the library’s 181 programs last year: 2.1 per resident, against a typical 0.5, more than at 96% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
75% of the 181 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 42 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 Stanfield’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Stanfield is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. Stanfield is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Stanfield’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
7 community nonprofits are registered in Stanfield
3.7 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.7%
7.7% of Stanfield’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 Stanfield’s residents live; 2022.
About 3 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 Stanfield last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Stanfield Public Library serves 2,673 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
9,644 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 8,786 books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.1 time last year, on average.
Find it
Stanfield Public Library, 180 West Coe Ave, Stanfield.
Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Stanfield? 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 $1.23 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Stanfield cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $169K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $207K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $169K 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 959 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 Stanfield
Does Stanfield have a public library?
Yes. Stanfield Public Library, 180 West Coe Ave, serves Stanfield’s 2,673 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Stanfield Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Stanfield’s library?
It logged 4.6 visits and lent 3.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Stanfield’s civic life grade?
B− Stanfield is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Stanfield.
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.