Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Ignacio’s library logs 20 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Ignacio Community Library District serves 6,037 people in and around Ignacio. Last year it lent 18K print books and media and logged 118K visits.
What Ignacio’s library is like
More of a place to be than a place to borrow
Visits per resident beat 99% of similar-size libraries, while borrowing beats only 37%. The building also logs about 49 Wi-Fi sessions a day. Program attendance beats 87% of similar libraries. A year at the library ↓
Six times the programs of a typical library its size
Ignacio Community Library District ran 1,155 programs last year, about 22 a week. That’s 191 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 7,765 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
30% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 70%. What your card is worth ↓
Programs lean toward adults
54% of the 1,155 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 200 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Ignacio Community Library District spends $104 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. What your card is worth ↓
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; Ignacio Community Library District serves 6,037 people in and around Ignacio, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Ignacio’s civic life grade
Ignacio 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 →
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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Ignacio Community Library District serves 6,037 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
A year at Ignacio Community Library District
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Ignacio Community Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
18K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave, Ignacio.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Ignacio Community Library District branch.
New in Ignacio? 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 Ignacio cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $628K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $398K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $628K 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 3,656 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits count everyone. Ignacio’s 118,257 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Ignacio Community Library District serves 6,037 people in and around Ignacio, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Ignacio.
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 Ignacio
Does Ignacio have a public library?
Yes. Ignacio Community Library District, 470 Goddard Ave, serves 6,037 people in and around Ignacio (the survey’s count) and is open about 56 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Ignacio Community 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 Ignacio’s library?
It logged 19.6 visits and lent 3.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Ignacio’s civic life grade?
Ignacio 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 Ignacio.
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.