Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Craig’s library is a branch of Moffat County Library, which lends less per resident than 58% of systems its size
Craig’s library is the Craig Branch Library, a branch of Moffat County Library, which serves 13,317 people and lent 51K items last year.
The short version on Craig’s library
Programs are almost all for children
89% of the 263 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 3.9 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
75% of the people it serves carry a library card
9,940 cards for 13,317 people, or 75%. At the typical library serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, it’s 40%. How it compares ↓
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; Craig’s library is a branch of Moffat County Library, so they cover the whole system (13,317 people), not just the Craig branch.
What’s behind Craig’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Craig is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns, #31 of 104 in Colorado. Craig is graded on two of the three inputs. Craig’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
56 community nonprofits are registered in Craig
6.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (12 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.4%
7.4% of Craig’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 6.8% in the typical Colorado 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 Craig’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Moffat County Library serves 13,317 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 14 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Moffat County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
51K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
7,034 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
About 4 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
Craig Branch Library, 570 Green Street, Craig.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every Moffat County Library branch.
New in Craig? 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 $2.05 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Craig cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $402K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $826K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $402K 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 9,940 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Craig Branch Library is one branch of Moffat County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 13,317 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 Craig
Does Craig have a public library?
Yes: Craig Branch Library, 570 Green Street, is a branch of Moffat County Library, which serves 13,317 people. The branch is open about 29 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Moffat County Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Craig’s library?
It logged 2.5 visits and lent 3.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Craig’s civic life grade?
B+ Craig is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns on civic life, #31 of 104 in Colorado. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Craig.
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.