Photo: M.O. Stevens · CC BY 3.0Wilsonville’s library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Wilsonville Public Library serves Wilsonville’s 29,045 residents. Last year it lent 340K print books and media and logged 167K visits.
The short version on Wilsonville’s library
Wilsonville uses its library more than almost any town its size
Wilsonville Public Library logs 5.8 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, and lends 12 print items per resident against a typical 3.7. On both counts it beats 91% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 54% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 95% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 36 items per child in Wilsonville last year. Kids & programs ↓
Wilsonville invests in its library
Wilsonville Public Library spends $85 per resident a year, about twice the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (97%) 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 Wilsonville’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Wilsonville is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns, #68 of 106 in Oregon. Library visits hold 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 →
123 community nonprofits are registered in Wilsonville
4.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (21 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.0%
7.0% of Wilsonville’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 Wilsonville’s residents live; 2022.
About 4 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 Wilsonville last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Wilsonville Public Library serves 29,045 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 107 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
340K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 112K books and other items on the shelves went out about 3 times last year, on average.
Find it
Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Rd, Wilsonville.
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 $2.06 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Wilsonville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $5.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.5M 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 13,866 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 Wilsonville
Does Wilsonville have a public library?
Yes. Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Rd, serves Wilsonville’s 29,045 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 61 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Wilsonville Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Wilsonville’s library?
It logged 5.8 visits and lent 11.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Wilsonville’s civic life grade?
B+ Wilsonville is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns on civic life, #68 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 Wilsonville.
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.