Photo: M.O. Stevens · Public domainTigard’s library lends 14 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Tigard Public Library serves Tigard’s 65,433 residents. Last year it lent 885K print books and media and logged 234K visits.
What Tigard’s library is like
Tigard ranks 3rd in Oregon for borrowing
Out of 36 Oregon towns with a library of their own, Tigard comes 3rd for items borrowed per resident. It’s also #3 for kids’ borrowing. How it compares ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 51% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 96% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 40 items per child in Tigard last year. Kids & programs ↓
The shelves work hard
Each of the 205,000 items on the shelves went out about 4.3 times last year, on average. What people borrow ↓
Tigard invests in its library
Tigard Public Library spends $128 per resident a year, about three times the typical $40 for a library its size. All of it comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
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 Tigard’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Tigard is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns, #80 of 106 in Oregon. Tigard’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups 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 →
255 community nonprofits are registered in Tigard
4.6 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 (40 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 11 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.1%
7.1% of Tigard’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 Tigard’s residents live; 2022.
About 9 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 Tigard last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Tigard Public Library serves 65,433 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 278 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
885K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 205K books and other items on the shelves went out about 4.3 times last year, on average.
Find it
Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd, Tigard.
No late fees. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Tigard? 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 $1.57 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Tigard cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $8.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $13M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $8.4M 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 38,193 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Tigard borrows the most per resident of the 3 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tigard | Tigard Public Library fine-free | 13.5 | 61 | B− |
| Beaverton | Beaverton City Library fine-free | 13.1 | 54 | B− |
| Tualatin | Tualatin Public Library fine-free | 11.9 | 63 | C |
| Portland | Central Library fine-free | — | 54 | A |
| Bull Mountain | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Metzger | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Durham | None of its own | — | — | D |
| King City | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Garden Home-Whitford | 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 Tigard
Does Tigard have a public library?
Yes. Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd, serves Tigard’s 65,433 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 61 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Tigard Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Tigard’s library?
It logged 3.6 visits and lent 13.5 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Tigard’s civic life grade?
B− Tigard is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns on civic life, #80 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 Tigard.
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.