Peach Springs Trading Post · Photo: Rayc · CC BY-SA 3.0The Edward Mcelwain Memorial Library didn’t send its yearly numbers to the Public Libraries Survey
The Edward Mcelwain Memorial Library serves 1,738 people in and around Peach Springs.
What’s behind Peach Springs’ civic life grade
Peach Springs 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 The Edward Mcelwain Memorial 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 Peach Springs
Peach Springs is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
4.4%
4.4% of Peach Springs’ 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 Peach Springs’ residents live; 2022.
Find it
The Edward Mcelwain Memorial Library, 460 Hualapai Way, Peach Springs.
Good at every The Edward Mcelwain Memorial Library branch.
New in Peach Springs? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. The Edward Mcelwain Memorial Library serves 1,738 people in and around Peach Springs, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Peach Springs.
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 Peach Springs
Does Peach Springs have a public library?
Yes. The Edward Mcelwain Memorial Library, 460 Hualapai Way, serves 1,738 people in and around Peach Springs (the survey’s count).
What is Peach Springs’ civic life grade?
Peach Springs 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 The Edward Mcelwain Memorial Library, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Peach Springs.
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.