Box Elder County Bookmobile Library
Box Elder County Bookmobile Library is a county public library system based in Willard (Box Elder County), Utah, serving a legal service area of 27,082 residents from a single building and two bookmobiles. Among the 61 profiled systems in Utah, it ranks first for local government's share of operating revenue, but ranks last for visits per resident and last for public computers per resident.
Among profiled systems serving 25,000 to 49,999 residents, it ranks second-lowest for program attendance per resident and second-lowest for weekly open hours per outlet. Against the median system of its size class, it records only 24% of the paid staff per resident and only 34% of the operating spending per resident.
Box Elder County Bookmobile against the 964 systems of its size class
Box Elder County Bookmobile in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 12,858
- Physical checkouts
- 40,000
- …of children's materials
- 8,153
- Electronic checkouts
- 22,227
- …of e-books
- 6,384
- …of e-audio
- 14,491
- Registered users
- 2,030
- Program sessions
- 6
- Program attendance
- 150
- Print volumes
- 19,684
- Audio items (physical)
- 1,545
- Video items (physical)
- 2,082
- Public computers
- 0
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 1,706
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 3.0
- Operating spending
- $392,680
- …on books and other materials
- $29,154
- Overdue fines on print items
- charged
Where Box Elder County Bookmobile gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $447,000, or $16.51 per resident. The local-government share sits 4 percentage points above the combined share for the 61 profiled systems in Utah. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
County libraries of similar size in other states
All six of these systems record more visits per resident than this one. The highest checkout rate in the group belongs to Churchill County Library in Nevada.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union County Library System | Union, SC | 27,244 | 1.11 | 0.65 | $24.10 |
| Hardin County Library | Savannah, TN | 27,229 | 0.75 | 1.44 | $12.94 |
| Garnet A. Wilson Pl of Pike Co | Waverly, OH | 27,088 | 0.81 | 2.61 | $56.59 |
| Lewis Egerton Smoot Memorial Library | King George, VA | 27,021 | 4.37 | 2.99 | $35.42 |
| Palmer Public Library | Palmer, AK | 26,978 | 1.71 | 2.01 | $30.01 |
| Churchill County Library | Fallon, NV | 26,940 | 3.28 | 3.03 | $22.54 |
Who comes to Box Elder County Bookmobile programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 100% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 25 people each.
Nearest in size within Utah
- Payson City Library · Payson · 24,054 residents
- Hyrum Library · Hyrum · 23,314 residents
- Summit County Library · Park City · 34,505 residents
- Springville Public Library · Springville · 35,471 residents
Box Elder County Bookmobile, building by building
The single building covers 1,215 square feet, 0.04 square feet per resident against a median of 0.74 for the size class.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box Elder County/Willard Library | Central library | Willard | – | 1,215 |
| Box Elder County Bookmobile Library | Two bookmobiles | Willard | 32.8 |
A dash marks a value not reported for FY 2024.