Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0Mapleton’s library is a branch of Utah County Bookmobile Library, which serves 81,222 people
Mapleton’s library is the Utah County/Mapleton Library, a branch of Utah County Bookmobile Library, which serves 81,222 people.
What stands out about Utah County/Mapleton Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Mapleton’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Mapleton is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns, #69 of 106 in Utah. Its library’s 2024 visits weren’t reported, so Mapleton 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.
The survey’s stand-in for Mapleton’s 2024 visits is its own estimate, so it is left out.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($100K–$166K) 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 →
31 community nonprofits are registered in Mapleton
2.4 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 (0 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.
5.8%
5.8% of Mapleton’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 Mapleton’s residents live; 2022.
A year at Utah County Bookmobile Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Utah County Bookmobile Library system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: visits and print loans. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Find it
Utah County/Mapleton Library, 125 West 400 North, Mapleton.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Utah County Bookmobile Library branch.
New in Mapleton? 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 Mapleton resident borrows (the library didn’t report its card count for 2024).
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 resident’s month = the library’s yearly loans and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ the 81,222 people it serves ÷ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springville | Springville Public Library | 18.7 | 58 | C+ |
| Spanish Fork | Spanish Fork Public Library | 14.7 | 52 | C+ |
| Mapleton | Utah County/Mapleton Library | — | — | 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.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Utah County Bookmobile Library didn’t report visits; the survey’s estimate is its own, so we leave it out and never rank it.
- Not reported for 2024: print loans. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- System-wide. Utah County/Mapleton Library is one branch of Utah County Bookmobile Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 81,222 people it serves.
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 Mapleton
Does Mapleton have a public library?
Yes: Utah County/Mapleton Library, 125 West 400 North, is a branch of Utah County Bookmobile Library, which serves 81,222 people.
How busy is Mapleton’s library?
It lent 0.0 items per resident in 2024 (print). Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Mapleton’s civic life grade?
D Mapleton is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns on civic life, #69 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 Mapleton.
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.