Photo: UtahStizzle · Public domainLogan’s library runs 2.6 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Logan Library serves Logan’s 55,250 residents. Last year it lent 426K books, movies and e-books and logged 81K visits.
The short version on Logan’s library
Few programs for a library this size
Logan Library offered 144 programs last year, 2.6 per 1,000 residents against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
40% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 40% of loans, more per resident than at 89% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 60%, much of it kids’ books. What people borrow ↓
Programs lean toward adults
61% of the 144 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 33 were for children. 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 Logan’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Logan is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns, #62 of 106 in Utah. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Logan’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Logan’s 2024 visits are an estimate from one typical week (the survey’s method for libraries that don’t count every visit).
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($46K–$76K) 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 →
189 community nonprofits are registered in Logan
3.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (16 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.
5.8%
5.8% of Logan’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 Logan’s residents live; 2022.
40% of borrowing is digital
426K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 112K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.3 times last year, on average.
172,534 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Logan Library serves 55,250 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 276 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
144 programs a year
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 Logan last year.
Find it
Logan Library, 285 N Main, Logan.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Logan? 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 $2.81 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Logan cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.2M 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 24,531 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Logan | North Logan Public Library | 13.4 | 50 | C |
| Logan | Logan Library | 7.7 | 41 | C− |
| Benson | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| River Heights | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Nibley | None of its own | — | — | D− |
| Providence | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Millville | None of its own | — | — | C− |
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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Logan Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Logan
Does Logan have a public library?
Yes. Logan Library, 285 N Main, serves Logan’s 55,250 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 41 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Logan 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 Logan’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 7.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Logan’s civic life grade?
C− Logan is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns on civic life, #62 of 106 in Utah. 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 Logan.
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.