Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Eagle’s library logs 5.9 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Eagle Valley Library District serves 45,194 people in and around Eagle. Last year it lent 334K books, movies and e-books and logged 267K visits.
What Eagle’s library is like
Visits are the system’s strong suit
Eagle Valley Library District logs 5.9 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, more than 92% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 5.3 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
Eagle Valley Library District ran 1,639 programs last year, about 32 a week. That’s 36 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. People show up: 33,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Eagle Valley Library District spends $118 per resident a year, about three times the typical $40 for a library its size. What your card is worth ↓
Most programs are for young children
66% of the 1,639 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 16 a week for ages 0–5. 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; Eagle Valley Library District serves 45,194 people in and around Eagle, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Eagle’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Eagle is ahead of 90% of U.S. towns, #10 of 104 in Colorado. Eagle is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Eagle’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
61 community nonprofits are registered in Eagle
8.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (5 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
9.0%
9.0% of Eagle’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 Eagle’s residents live; 2022.
About 21 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Eagle Valley Library District serves 45,194 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 44 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Eagle Valley Library District system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
334K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
94,792 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Eagle Public Library, 600 Broadway, Eagle.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Eagle Valley Library District branch.
New in Eagle? The Handbook →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 Eagle cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $5.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $5.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $5.4M 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 19,337 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle | Eagle Public Library fine-free | — | 51 | A |
| Gypsum | Gypsum Public Library fine-free | — | 43 | D− |
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. Eagle Valley Library District serves 45,194 people in and around Eagle, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Eagle.
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 Eagle
Does Eagle have a public library?
Yes. Eagle Valley Library District, 600 Broadway, serves 45,194 people in and around Eagle (the survey’s count) and is open about 51 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Eagle Valley Library District 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 Eagle’s library?
It logged 5.9 visits and lent 7.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Eagle’s civic life grade?
A Eagle is ahead of 90% of U.S. towns on civic life, #10 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 Eagle.
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.