Sunflower Ranger Staiton · Photo: Matthew.kowal · CC BY-SA 4.0Tonto Basin Public Library serves 1,444 people in and around Tonto Basin
Tonto Basin Public Library serves 1,444 people in and around Tonto Basin.
What’s behind Tonto Basin’s civic life grade
Tonto Basin 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 Tonto Basin Public 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 Tonto Basin
Tonto Basin is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
23.4%
23.4% of Tonto Basin’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 Tonto Basin’s residents live; 2022.
A year at Tonto Basin Public Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Tonto Basin Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: visits and print loans. 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
Tonto Basin Public Library, 415 Old Hwy 188, Tonto Basin.
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 Tonto Basin resident borrows (the library didn’t report its card count for 2024).
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 resident’s month = the library’s yearly loans and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ the 1,444 people it serves ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Tonto Basin Public Library didn’t report visits; the survey’s estimate carries forward its 2021 figure, so we leave it out and never rank it.
- Not reported for 2024: print loans. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- System-wide. Tonto Basin Public Library serves 1,444 people in and around Tonto Basin, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Tonto Basin.
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 Tonto Basin
Does Tonto Basin have a public library?
Yes. Tonto Basin Public Library, 415 Old Hwy 188, serves 1,444 people in and around Tonto Basin (the survey’s count).
How busy is Tonto Basin’s library?
It lent 0.0 items per resident in 2024 (print). Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Tonto Basin’s civic life grade?
Tonto Basin 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 Tonto Basin Public Library, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Tonto Basin.
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.