Harrah’s library is a branch of Yakima Valley Regional Library, which lends less per resident than 72% of systems its size
Harrah’s library is the Harrah Library, a branch of Yakima Valley Regional Library, which serves 251,520 people and lent 859K items last year.
What Harrah’s library is like
Programs are almost all for children
84% of the 4,113 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 12 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 17% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 41% for its size. How it compares ↓
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; Harrah’s library is a branch of Yakima Valley Regional Library, so they cover the whole system (251,520 people), not just the Harrah branch.
What’s behind Harrah’s civic life grade
Harrah isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Yakima Valley Regional Library serves 251,520 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 30 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Yakima Valley Regional Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
859K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
333,993 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 66 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
Harrah Library, 21 E Pioneer, Harrah.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Yakima Valley Regional Library branch.
New in Harrah? 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 $1.64 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Harrah cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $8.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $13M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $8.1M 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 42,482 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Harrah Library is one branch of Yakima Valley Regional Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 251,520 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 Harrah
Does Harrah have a public library?
Yes: Harrah Library, 21 E Pioneer, is a branch of Yakima Valley Regional Library, which serves 251,520 people. The branch is open about 25 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Yakima Valley Regional Library 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 Harrah’s library?
It logged 1.6 visits and lent 3.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Harrah’s civic life grade?
Harrah isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Harrah.
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.