Ray D. Prueter - Port Hueneme Library
Port Hueneme’s library is the Ray D. Prueter - Port Hueneme Library, a branch of Ventura County Library, which serves 244,172 people and lent 731K items last year.
What stands out about Ray D. Prueter - Port Hueneme Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Port Hueneme cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $13M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $11M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $13M 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 141,565 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
Ray D. Prueter - Port Hueneme Library, 510 Park Ave., Port Hueneme.
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 Ventura County Library branch.
New in Port Hueneme? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Every hour the doors are open, about 35 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Ventura County Library system. The library’s own count.
Strongest at cardholders
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Ventura County Library serves 244,172 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
731K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
124,123 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 42 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxnard | Oxnard Public Library fine-free | 1.0 | 54 |
| Port Hueneme | Ray D. Prueter - Port Hueneme Library fine-free | — | 40 |
| Channel Islands Beach | None of its own | — | — |
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.
About these numbers
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Hours are an average. The 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.
- 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.
- System-wide. Ray D. Prueter - Port Hueneme Library is one branch of Ventura County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 244,172 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Port Hueneme.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.