Roosevelt’s library is a branch of Duchesne County Library System, which lends more per resident than 57% of systems its size
Roosevelt’s library is the Roosevelt Branch Library, a branch of Duchesne County Library System, which serves 20,477 people and lent 145K items last year.
What stands out about Roosevelt Branch Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Roosevelt’s civic life grade
Roosevelt isn’t graded on civic life: its library is a branch of Duchesne County Library System, so there is no town figure for visits and the volunteering estimate doesn’t cover enough of 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 →
39 community nonprofits are registered in Roosevelt
5.5 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 (9 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Duchesne County Library System serves 20,477 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 42 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Duchesne County Library System system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
145K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
50,415 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 7 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Roosevelt Branch Library, 50 N 200 W, Roosevelt.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Duchesne County Library System branch.
New in Roosevelt? 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 $2.58 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Roosevelt cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $906K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $906K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
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 5,918 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Roosevelt Branch Library is one branch of Duchesne County Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 20,477 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 Roosevelt
Does Roosevelt have a public library?
Yes: Roosevelt Branch Library, 50 N 200 W, is a branch of Duchesne County Library System, which serves 20,477 people. The branch is open about 52 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Duchesne County Library System fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Roosevelt’s library?
It logged 3.8 visits and lent 7.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Roosevelt’s civic life grade?
Roosevelt isn’t graded on civic life: its library is a branch of Duchesne County Library System, so there is no town figure for visits and the volunteering estimate doesn’t cover enough of it. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Roosevelt.
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.