Photo: Kingofthedead · CC BY-SA 4.0Sunriver’s library is a branch of Deschutes Public Library District, which lends more per resident than 74% of systems its size
Sunriver’s library is the Sunriver Library, a branch of Deschutes Public Library District, which serves 212,141 people and lent 1.2M items last year.
What stands out about Sunriver Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Sunriver’s civic life grade
Sunriver 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 is a branch of Deschutes Public Library District, so there is no town figure for visits.
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 Sunriver
Sunriver is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
6.6%
6.6% of Sunriver’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 Sunriver’s residents live; 2022.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.18 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Sunriver cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $15M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $18M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $15M 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 83,843 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Deschutes Public Library District serves 212,141 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 77 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Deschutes Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
1.2M print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
About 13 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.
Find it
Sunriver Library, 56855 Venture Lane, Sunriver.
No late fees. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Deschutes Public Library District branch.
New in Sunriver? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunriver | Sunriver Library fine-free | — | 40 | — unincorporated |
| Three Rivers | 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.
- System-wide. Sunriver Library is one branch of Deschutes Public Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 212,141 people it serves.
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 Sunriver
Does Sunriver have a public library?
Yes: Sunriver Library, 56855 Venture Lane, is a branch of Deschutes Public Library District, which serves 212,141 people. The branch is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Deschutes Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Sunriver’s library?
It logged 2.6 visits and lent 5.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Sunriver’s civic life grade?
Sunriver 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 is a branch of Deschutes Public Library District, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Sunriver.
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.