Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainHyrum’s library lends 13 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Hyrum Library serves Hyrum’s 23,314 residents. Last year it lent 390K books, movies and e-books and logged 72K visits.
Hyrum’s library, in brief
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 80% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 72 items per child in Hyrum last year. Kids & programs ↓
Busy on a lean budget
Hyrum Library spends $17 per resident, less than 87% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). It’s still borrowed from more than 73% of them. What your card is worth ↓
People borrow more than they stay
Borrowing per resident is higher than at 96% of similar-size libraries, but visits are lower than at 50%. People come in, pick up their books and go. How it compares ↓
The shelves work hard
Each of the 48,000 items on the shelves went out about 6.5 times last year, on average. What people borrow ↓
Most programs are for young children
76% of the 266 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.8 a week for ages 0–5. 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.
What’s behind Hyrum’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Hyrum is ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. Hyrum is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
Hyrum Library spends $17 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($67K–$111K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
13 community nonprofits are registered in Hyrum
1.3 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
4.6%
4.6% of Hyrum’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 6.2% in the typical Utah 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 Hyrum’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 Hyrum last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Hyrum Library serves 23,314 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 158 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
390K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 48K books and other items on the shelves went out about 6.5 times last year, on average.
80,040 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Hyrum City Library, 50 W Main Street, Hyrum.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Hyrum? 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 $13.51 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hyrum cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $392K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $5.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $392K 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 3,837 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyrum | Hyrum City Library | 16.7 | 47 | D− |
| Nibley | None of its own | — | — | D− |
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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Hyrum
Does Hyrum have a public library?
Yes. Hyrum Library, 50 W Main Street, serves Hyrum’s 23,314 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 47 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hyrum 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 Hyrum’s library?
It logged 3.1 visits and lent 16.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Hyrum’s civic life grade?
D− Hyrum is ahead of 3% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Hyrum.
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.