Library · Salem Lakes
Community Library
Salem Lakes’s library is the Community Library, a branch of Community Library, open about 58 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Salem Lakes’s branch belongs to Community Library, which serves 32,600 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Community Library
24615 89th St., Salem 53168
58 hrsopen a week
13,500sq ft
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Community Library
63K
visits
1.9 per resident
184K
loans, print + digital
5.6 per resident
497
programs & events
7,647 attended
8,316
library cards
26% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 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
1.9 visits · typical 2.6
A little below typical (34th percentile)
Borrowing per resident
4.2 print items · typical 3.7
Higher than 55% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
1.5 e-items · typical 1.2
Higher than 60% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
1.9 kids’ items · typical 1.7
Higher than 54% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.2 attendees · typical 0.3
A little below typical (35th percentile)
Cardholders
26% of residents
Lower than most similar-size libraries (22th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
184K loans last year
Books & media (adults)40%Kids’ books & media33%E-books, audio & streaming26%
Who the programs are for
497 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$45 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.5M.
Local 93%State 2%Gifts & other 5%
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.