Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Guthrie’s library logs 99 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Guthrie Csd & King County Consolidated Library serves 217 people in and around Guthrie. Last year it lent 5,550 print books and media and logged 21K visits.
The short version on Guthrie’s library
More library cards than residents
335 cards for 217 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
One of the busiest library systems its size
Guthrie Csd & King County Consolidated Library logs 99 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 26 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 99% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Programs are almost all for children
99% of the 324 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 43 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
25 times the programs of a typical library its size
Guthrie Csd & King County Consolidated Library ran 324 programs last year, about 6 a week. That’s 1,493 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. People show up: 13,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 72% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. 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; Guthrie Csd & King County Consolidated Library serves 217 people in and around Guthrie, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Guthrie’s civic life grade
Guthrie isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
About 6 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 all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Guthrie Csd & King County Consolidated Library serves 217 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Guthrie Csd & King County Consolidated Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
5,550 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Guthrie Csd & King County Consolidated Library, 301 Jaguar Ln, Guthrie.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Guthrie Csd & King County Consolidated Library branch.
New in Guthrie? 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 $4.53 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Guthrie cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $44K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $200K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $44K 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 335 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits count everyone. Guthrie’s 21,453 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Guthrie Csd & King County Consolidated Library serves 217 people in and around Guthrie, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Guthrie.
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 Guthrie
Does Guthrie have a public library?
Yes. Guthrie Csd & King County Consolidated Library, 301 Jaguar Ln, serves 217 people in and around Guthrie (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Guthrie Csd & King County Consolidated Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Guthrie’s library?
It logged 98.9 visits and lent 25.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Guthrie’s civic life grade?
Guthrie isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Guthrie.
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.