Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainSantaquin’s library logs 2.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Santaquin City Library serves Santaquin’s 17,532 residents. Last year it lent 112K books, movies and e-books and logged 43K visits.
Santaquin’s library, in brief
Programs are almost all for children
88% of the 430 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 6 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 74% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 78% of similar-size libraries. 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 Santaquin’s civic life grade
On library visits and community nonprofits, Santaquin is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns, #77 of 106 in Utah. Santaquin is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; library visits come closest to the middle.
Santaquin City Library spends $18 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($75K–$125K) 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 →
19 community nonprofits are registered in Santaquin
1.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: health.
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.
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.
Santaquin City Library serves 17,532 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 43 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
112K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 23K books and other items on the shelves went out about 3.5 times last year, on average.
31,197 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, 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 Santaquin last year.
Find it
Santaquin City Library, 20 West 100 South, Santaquin.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Santaquin? 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 $5.27 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Santaquin cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $314K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $314K 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 7,107 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santaquin | Santaquin City Library | 6.4 | 51 | D |
| Spring Lake | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| West Mountain | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Genola | None of its own | — | — | — too few inputs |
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 Santaquin
Does Santaquin have a public library?
Yes. Santaquin City Library, 20 West 100 South, serves Santaquin’s 17,532 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 51 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Santaquin 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 Santaquin’s library?
It logged 2.5 visits and lent 6.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Santaquin’s civic life grade?
D Santaquin is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on civic life, #77 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 Santaquin.
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.