Photo: Sbharris · CC BY-SA 3.0Springville’s library logs 9.4 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Springville Public Library serves Springville’s 35,471 residents. Last year it lent 663K books, movies and e-books and logged 333K visits.
Springville’s library, in brief
More library cards than residents
43,900 cards for 35,471 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, it’s 39%. How it compares ↓
Springville ranks 3rd in Utah for library use
Out of 38 Utah towns with a library of their own, Springville comes 3rd for visits per resident. It’s also #3 for borrowing and #3 for kids’ borrowing. How it compares ↓
Springville uses its library more than almost any town its size
Springville Public Library logs 9.4 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, and lends 14 print items per resident against a typical 3.7. On both counts it beats 96% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 68% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 28 items per child in Springville last year. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 4.4 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.2, higher than at 95% of similar-size libraries. It’s 23% of all loans. 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 Springville’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Springville is ahead of 39% of U.S. towns, #25 of 106 in Utah. Library visits hold the grade up; Springville’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 →
61 community nonprofits are registered in Springville
1.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: arts & culture.
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 (5 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.
6.1%
6.1% of Springville’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 Springville’s residents live; 2022.
About 14 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 Springville last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Springville Public Library serves 35,471 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 220 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
663K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 78K books and other items on the shelves went out about 6.5 times last year, on average.
154,990 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
A National Register landmark since 1991
Springville Public Library, 45 South Main Street, Springville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Springville? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Springville Carnegie Library
Springville Carnegie Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Dec 13, 1991. It is significant for its education and social history at the state level. Its architecture is described as Prairie School. It was listed as part of Carnegie Library TR.
The Springville Carnegie Library at 175 South Main Street in Springville, Utah, United States is a Prairie School style Carnegie library building completed in 1922. It is one of the 23 Carnegie Libraries that were built in Utah. It functioned as the city public library until 1965, when the library was moved to a new larger building (which in turn was replaced and later demolished in the mid-2010s).
More about the building →For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $7.30 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Springville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.4M 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 43,900 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Springville borrows the most per resident of the 3 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springville | Springville Public Library | 18.7 | 58 | C+ |
| Provo | Provo City Library | 15.0 | 66 | 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.
- 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 Springville
Does Springville have a public library?
Yes. Springville Public Library, 45 South Main Street, serves Springville’s 35,471 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 58 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Springville Public 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 Springville’s library?
It logged 9.4 visits and lent 18.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Springville’s civic life grade?
C+ Springville is ahead of 39% of U.S. towns on civic life, #25 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 Springville.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.