Photo: Tarabholmes · CC BY-SA 4.0Pinedale’s library is a branch of Sublette County Library System, which lends more per resident than 69% of systems its size
Pinedale’s library is the Pinedale Library, a branch of Sublette County Library System, which serves 8,969 people and lent 106K items last year.
The short version on Pinedale’s library
Most of the system’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 53% of loans, more per resident than at 98% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 47%. What people borrow ↓
Visits are the system’s strong suit
The Sublette County Library System logs 13 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 97% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 5.5 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
A well-funded system
The Sublette County Library System spends $138 per resident a year, about three times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (98%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
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; Pinedale’s library is a branch of Sublette County Library System, so they cover the whole system (8,969 people), not just the Pinedale branch.
What’s behind Pinedale’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Pinedale is among the top 1% of U.S. towns. Pinedale is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Pinedale’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
26 community nonprofits are registered in Pinedale
13.0 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
11.9%
11.9% of Pinedale’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.3% in the typical Wyoming 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 Pinedale’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 20 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Sublette County Library System system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Sublette County Library System serves 8,969 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
53% of borrowing is digital
106K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
56,042 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 6 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
Pinedale Library, 155 S Tyler Ave, Pinedale.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Sublette County Library System branch.
New in Pinedale? 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 $1.39 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pinedale cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.2M 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 5,411 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Pinedale Library is one branch of Sublette County Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 8,969 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 Pinedale
Does Pinedale have a public library?
Yes: Pinedale Library, 155 S Tyler Ave, is a branch of Sublette County Library System, which serves 8,969 people. The branch is open about 55 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Sublette 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 Pinedale’s library?
It logged 13.2 visits and lent 11.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Pinedale’s civic life grade?
A+ Pinedale is among the top 1% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Pinedale.
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.