Library · Fair Oaks
Fair Oaks Library
Fair Oaks’s library is the Fair Oaks Library, a branch of Sacramento Public Library, open about 39 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024County system. Fair Oaks’s branch belongs to Sacramento Public Library, which serves 1,490,915 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Fair Oaks Library
11601 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks 95628
39 hrsopen a week
12,000sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Sacramento Public Library
2M
visits
1.3 per resident
8.7M
loans, print + digital
5.8 per resident
4,436
programs & events
132K attended
858K
library cards
58% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 100,000+ people
Per-resident numbers, compared only with libraries of a similar size across the country, because a tiny town’s library always looks busier per person.
Visits per resident
1.3 visits · typical 2.1
Lower than most similar-size libraries (20th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
2.8 print items · typical 3.2
A little below typical (43th percentile)
Digital borrowing
3.0 e-items · typical 1.4
Higher than 78% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
1.6 kids’ items · typical 1.6
Higher than 51% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.1 attendees · typical 0.2
Lower than most similar-size libraries (9th percentile)
Cardholders
58% of residents
Higher than 75% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
8.7M loans last year
Books & media (adults)21%Kids’ books & media28%E-books, audio & streaming51%
Who the programs are for
4,436 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$38 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $57M.
Local 92%State 1%Federal 0%Gifts & other 6%
About these numbers
How to read this page
Hours are an averageThe survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Compared by size“Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
One year, the library’s own countLibraries report their own visits, loans and programs for fiscal year 2024. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Distances are straight-line from the town center.