Boise Basin District
Idaho’s library is the Boise Basin District, a branch of Boise Basin District, which serves 4,342 people and lent 23K items last year.
What stands out about Boise Basin District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.30 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Idaho cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $298K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $388K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $298K 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 2,203 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
Boise Basin District, 123 Montgomery St., Idaho City.
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 Boise Basin District branch.
New in Idaho? 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 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Boise Basin District system. The library’s own count.
Strongest at spending
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Boise Basin District serves 4,342 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
23K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,638 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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.
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. Boise Basin District is one branch of Boise Basin District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 4,342 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Idaho.
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.