Photo: ERoss99 · CC BY-SA 3.0Antonito’s library is a branch of Conejos County Library District, which lends less per resident than 90% of systems its size
Antonito’s library is the Antonito Branch Library, a branch of Conejos County Library District, which serves 7,497 people and lent 7,094 items last year.
What Antonito’s library is like
Open only about 10 hours a week
The Antonito branch keeps short hours: about 10 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, the Conejos County Library District system sits below the middle on all six per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on six. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 11% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
73% of the 71 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 26 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Conejos County Library District system offered 71 programs last year, 9.5 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; Antonito’s library is a branch of Conejos County Library District, so they cover the whole system (7,497 people), not just the Antonito branch.
What’s behind Antonito’s civic life grade
Antonito isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Conejos County Library District serves 7,497 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Conejos County Library District system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: visits. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
7,094 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
About 1 kids’ program 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
Antonito Branch Library, 118 Main Street, Antonito.
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 Antonito cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $176K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $113K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $176K budget.
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 801 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Conejos County Library District didn’t report visits; the survey’s estimate is its own, so we leave it out and never rank it.
- System-wide. Antonito Branch Library is one branch of Conejos County Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 7,497 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 Antonito
Does Antonito have a public library?
Yes: Antonito Branch Library, 118 Main Street, is a branch of Conejos County Library District, which serves 7,497 people. The branch is open about 10 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Conejos County Library District fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Antonito’s library?
It lent 0.9 items per resident in 2024 (print and digital) and ran 71 programs that drew 362 people. Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Antonito’s civic life grade?
Antonito isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Antonito.
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.