Photo: SearchNet Media from Tucson, Arizona, USA · CC BY 2.0Flagstaff’s library logs 3.3 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries its size
Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library serves 149,875 people in and around Flagstaff from 2 locations. Last year it lent 549K books, movies and e-books and logged 502K visits.
What stands out about Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Flagstaff’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Flagstaff is ahead of 92% of U.S. towns, #6 of 68 in Arizona. Flagstaff is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
414 community nonprofits are registered in Flagstaff
5.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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 (80 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 10 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
11.9%
11.9% of Flagstaff’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 Flagstaff’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 45 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library serves 149,875 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
549K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
130,065 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 12 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.
2 places to borrow in Flagstaff
Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library, 300 W Aspen Ave, Flagstaff.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library branch.
New in Flagstaff? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library branches in Flagstaff
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.72 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Flagstaff cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $5.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $8.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $5.1M 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 29,614 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flagstaff | Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library fine-free | — | 62 | A |
| Fort Valley | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Doney Park | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
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.
- System-wide. Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library serves 149,875 people in and around Flagstaff, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Flagstaff.
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 Flagstaff
Does Flagstaff have a public library?
Yes. Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library, 300 W Aspen Ave, serves 149,875 people in and around Flagstaff (the survey’s count) and is open about 62 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public 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 Flagstaff’s library?
It logged 3.3 visits and lent 3.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Flagstaff’s civic life grade?
A Flagstaff is ahead of 92% of U.S. towns on civic life, #6 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 Flagstaff.
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.