Photo: GoMan195531 · CC BY-SA 4.0North Logan’s library logs 7.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
North Logan City Library serves North Logan’s 11,711 residents. Last year it lent 157K books, movies and e-books and logged 86K visits.
North Logan’s library, in brief
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 61% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 88% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 18 items per child in North Logan last year. Kids & programs ↓
People come to North Logan City Library a lot
North Logan City Library logs 7.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, more than 91% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 7.9 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
31% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 68%. What your card is worth ↓
41% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 41% of loans, more per resident than at 98% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 59%, much of it kids’ books. What people borrow ↓
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 North Logan’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, North Logan is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns, #38 of 106 in Utah. Library visits hold the grade up; North Logan’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($67K–$112K) 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 North Logan
1.2 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.9%
5.9% of North 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 North Logan’s residents live; 2022.
41% of borrowing is digital
157K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 52K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.8 times last year, on average.
63,997 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 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
North Logan City Library serves 11,711 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 60 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
258 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in North Logan last year.
Find it
North Logan Public Library, 475 East 2500 North, North Logan.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in North 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 $4.05 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average North Logan cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $587K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $587K 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 7,852 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.
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. North Logan City 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 North Logan
Does North Logan have a public library?
Yes. North Logan City Library, 475 East 2500 North, serves North Logan’s 11,711 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 50 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is North Logan City 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 North Logan’s library?
It logged 7.3 visits and lent 13.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is North Logan’s civic life grade?
C North Logan is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns on civic life, #38 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 North 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.