Photo: SpokaneWilly · CC BY-SA 4.0Country Homes’ library is a branch of Spokane County Library District, which lends more per resident than 54% of systems its size
Country Homes’s library is the North Spokane Library, a branch of Spokane County Library District, which serves 312,530 people and lent 2.9M items last year.
Country Homes’s library, in brief
Most of the system’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 63% of loans, more per resident than at 96% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 37%, much of it kids’ books. What people borrow ↓
Open about 64 hours a week
The Country Homes branch is open about 64 hours a week, averaged over the year. The building ↓
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; Country Homes’s library is a branch of Spokane County Library District, so they cover the whole system (312,530 people), not just the Country Homes branch.
What’s behind Country Homes’ civic life grade
Country Homes isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Spokane County Library District, so there is no town figure for visits.
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 →
Volunteering in Country Homes
Country Homes is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
6.4%
6.4% of Country Homes’ Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.7% in the typical Washington 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 Country Homes’ residents live; 2022.
63% of borrowing is digital
2.9M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,788,264 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 all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Spokane County Library District serves 312,530 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
A year at Spokane County Library District
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Spokane County Library District system. The library’s own count.
About 51 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
North Spokane Library, 44 E Hawthorne Road, Spokane.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Spokane County Library District branch.
New in Country Homes? 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 $2.37 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Country Homes cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $18M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $42M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $18M 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 143,001 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spokane | Central Library fine-free | 5.7 | — | B+ |
| Country Homes | North Spokane Library fine-free | — | 64 | — unincorporated |
| Town and Country | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Fairwood | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
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.
- System-wide. North Spokane Library is one branch of Spokane County Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 312,530 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 Country Homes
Does Country Homes have a public library?
Yes: North Spokane Library, 44 E Hawthorne Road, is a branch of Spokane County Library District, which serves 312,530 people. The branch is open about 64 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Spokane County Library District 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 Country Homes’ library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 9.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Country Homes’ civic life grade?
Country Homes isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Spokane County Library District, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Country Homes.
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.