Iraan’s library logs 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Iraan Public Library serves 2,725 people in and around Iraan. Last year it lent 2,118 print books and media and logged 1,144 visits.
Iraan’s library, in brief
Iraan Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Iraan Public Library records 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Iraan Public Library offered 6 programs last year, 2.2 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. 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; Iraan Public Library serves 2,725 people in and around Iraan, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Iraan’s civic life grade
Iraan 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Iraan Public Library serves 2,725 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Iraan Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
2,118 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.
6 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Iraan Public Library, 120 W 5th St., Iraan.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Iraan Public Library branch.
New in Iraan? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Iraan cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $139K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $34K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $139K 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 1,325 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.
- System-wide. Iraan Public Library serves 2,725 people in and around Iraan, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Iraan.
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 Iraan
Does Iraan have a public library?
Yes. Iraan Public Library, 120 W 5th St., serves 2,725 people in and around Iraan (the survey’s count) and is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Iraan Public 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 Iraan’s library?
It logged 0.4 visits and lent 0.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Iraan’s civic life grade?
Iraan 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 Iraan.
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.