Victorville City Library
Victorville City Library is a municipal public library based in Victorville (San Bernardino County), California, serving a legal service area of 138,202 residents from a single building. Among profiled systems in California, it ranks last for operating spending per resident, last for print volumes per resident and last for library floor space per resident.
Among profiled systems serving 100,000 to 249,999 residents, it ranks seventh-lowest for visits per resident and records the fifth-steepest decline in visits since FY 2019. Against the median system of its size class, it records only 14% of the physical checkouts per resident and only 23% of the paid staff per resident.
Victorville City against the 360 systems of its size class
Victorville City in numbers, FY 2024
- Visits
- 60,019
- Physical checkouts
- 58,780
- …of children's materials
- 38,726
- Registered users
- 47,386
- Program sessions
- 448
- Program attendance
- 8,468
- Print volumes
- 39,235
- Audio items (physical)
- 1,434
- Video items (physical)
- 7,219
- Public computers
- 31
- Public service hours, all outlets
- 3,060
- Paid staff (full-time equivalent)
- 11.0
- Operating spending
- $895,211
- …on books and other materials
- $89,396
- Overdue fines on print items
- not charged
Where Victorville City gets its operating money
Operating revenue came to $1.1 million, or $7.93 per resident. The local-government share is close to the combined share for the 170 profiled systems in California. No federal operating revenue was reported.
- Local government
- State
- Federal
- Other (fines, fees, gifts, grants)
Municipal 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 Kenosha Public Library in Wisconsin.
| System | Based in | Residents | Visits per resident | Checkouts per resident | Spending per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Public Library | Warren, MI | 139,387 | 1.53 | 3.83 | $36.38 |
| Kenosha Public Library | Kenosha, WI | 138,088 | 3.45 | 4.88 | $52.88 |
| Racine Public Library | Racine, WI | 137,874 | 2.16 | 3.18 | $29.90 |
| Elizabeth Free Public Library | Elizabeth, NJ | 137,298 | 2.55 | 0.90 | $33.99 |
| Hampton Public Library | Hampton, VA | 136,581 | 0.66 | 0.95 | $27.16 |
| New Haven Free Public Library | New Haven, CT | 135,319 | 2.86 | 1.13 | $58.21 |
Victorville City since FY 2019
Visits were 64% below the FY 2019 count of 165,182 (size-class median: −29%). Physical checkouts moved 45% down over the same span.
- Visits
- Physical checkouts
Who comes to Victorville City programs
Programs for children up to age 11 drew 57% of all program attendance, and sessions averaged 19 people each.
The Victorville City building
The single building covers 9,000 square feet, 0.07 square feet per resident against a median of 0.51 for the size class. It is open 60 hours a week.
| Building | Type | Town | Hours a week | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorville City Library | Central library | Victorville | 60 | 9,000 |
Nearest in size within California
- Orange Public Library · Orange · 138,621 residents
- Marin County Free Library · San Rafael · 136,835 residents
- Pasadena Public Library · Pasadena · 139,692 residents
- Fullerton Public Library · Fullerton · 140,311 residents