Kayenta’s library is a branch of Navajo Nation Library, which logs less per resident than 98% of systems its size
Kayenta’s library is the Kayenta Community Library, a branch of Navajo Nation Library, which serves 95,230 people.
What stands out about Kayenta Community Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Kayenta’s civic life grade
Kayenta isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Navajo Nation Library, so there is no town figure for visits.
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 →
Volunteering in Kayenta
Kayenta is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
5.4%
5.4% of Kayenta’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 Kayenta’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 4 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Navajo Nation Library serves 95,230 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
A year at Navajo Nation Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Navajo Nation Library system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: print loans, books & media on the shelves, spending, funding and public computers. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Find it
Kayenta Community Library, Hwy 163 1 Mile W of Hwy, Kayenta.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Kayenta cardholder borrows.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 4,552 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: print loans, books & media on the shelves, spending, funding and public computers. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- System-wide. Kayenta Community Library is one branch of Navajo Nation Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 95,230 people it serves.
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 Kayenta
Does Kayenta have a public library?
Yes: Kayenta Community Library, Hwy 163 1 Mile W of Hwy, is a branch of Navajo Nation Library, which serves 95,230 people.
Is Navajo Nation Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Kayenta’s library?
It logged 0.5 visits per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Kayenta’s civic life grade?
Kayenta isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Navajo Nation Library, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Kayenta.
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.