Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0Tuba City’s library is a branch of Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library, which lends less per resident than 58% of systems its size
Tuba City’s library is the Tuba City Public Library, a branch of Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library, which serves 149,875 people and lent 549K items last year.
What stands out about Tuba City Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Tuba City’s civic life grade
Tuba City 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 Flagstaff City-Coconino County 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 Tuba City
Tuba City is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
5.9%
5.9% of Tuba City’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 Tuba City’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.
Find it
Tuba City Public Library, 78 Main St., Tuba City.
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 Tuba City? 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 $1.72 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Tuba City 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuba City | Tuba City Public Library fine-free | — | 38 | — unincorporated |
| Moenkopi | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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. Tuba City Public Library is one branch of Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 149,875 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 Tuba City
Does Tuba City have a public library?
Yes: Tuba City Public Library, 78 Main St., is a branch of Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library, which serves 149,875 people. The branch is open about 38 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 Tuba City’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 Tuba City’s civic life grade?
Tuba City 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 Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Tuba City.
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.