Photo: Seasider53 · CC BY 4.0Camp Verde’s library runs 108 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Camp Verde Community Library serves Camp Verde’s 12,390 residents. Last year it lent 93K books, movies and e-books and logged 93K visits.
Camp Verde’s library, in brief
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Camp Verde Community Library ran 1,337 programs last year, about 26 a week. That’s 108 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 18,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
People come to Camp Verde Community Library a lot
Camp Verde Community Library logs 7.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, more than 92% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 5.5 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
What’s behind Camp Verde’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Camp Verde is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns, #22 of 68 in Arizona. Library visits hold the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
44 community nonprofits are registered in Camp Verde
3.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (18 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.1%
6.1% of Camp Verde’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 6.0% in the typical Arizona town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Camp Verde’s residents live; 2022.
About 9 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Camp Verde last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Camp Verde Community Library serves 12,390 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 30 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: funding. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
93K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 30K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.3 times last year, on average.
25,534 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Camp Verde Community Library, 130 Black Bridge Rd, Camp Verde.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Camp Verde? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.96 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Camp Verde cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $819K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $819K 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 3,063 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood | Cottonwood Public Library fine-free | 19.7 | 50 | B |
| Camp Verde | Camp Verde Community Library fine-free | 7.5 | 60 | B |
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. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: funding. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Camp Verde
Does Camp Verde have a public library?
Yes. Camp Verde Community Library, 130 Black Bridge Rd, serves Camp Verde’s 12,390 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 60 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Camp Verde Community Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Camp Verde’s library?
It logged 7.5 visits and lent 7.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Camp Verde’s civic life grade?
B Camp Verde is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns on civic life, #22 of 68 in Arizona. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Camp Verde.
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.