Photo: Nyttend · Public domainGeorgetown’s library is a branch of Clear Creek County Library District, which lends less per resident than 53% of systems its size
Georgetown’s library is the John Tomay Memorial Library/Georgetown Library, a branch of Clear Creek County Library District, which serves 9,153 people and lent 47K items last year.
What stands out about John Tomay Memorial Library/Georgetown Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Georgetown’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Georgetown is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns. Georgetown is graded on two of the three inputs. Georgetown’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 →
17 community nonprofits are registered in Georgetown
16.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: arts & culture.
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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.7%
6.7% of Georgetown’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 Georgetown’s residents live; 2022.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.04 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Georgetown cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $985K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $985K 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 6,616 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Clear Creek County Library District serves 9,153 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Clear Creek County Library District system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
47K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
14,008 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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.
2 places to borrow in Georgetown
John Tomay Memorial Library/Georgetown Library, 605 Sixth Street, Georgetown.
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 Clear Creek County Library District branch.
New in Georgetown? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Clear Creek County Library District branches in Georgetown
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. John Tomay Memorial Library/Georgetown Library is one branch of Clear Creek County Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 9,153 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 Georgetown
Does Georgetown have a public library?
Yes: John Tomay Memorial Library/Georgetown Library, 605 Sixth Street, is a branch of Clear Creek County Library District, which serves 9,153 people. The branch is open about 46 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Clear Creek County 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 Georgetown’s library?
It logged 5.1 visits and lent 5.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Georgetown’s civic life grade?
A− Georgetown is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Georgetown.
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.