Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Julesburg’s library runs 24 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Julesburg Public Library serves Julesburg’s 1,248 residents. Last year it lent 6,188 books, movies and e-books and drew 211 people to its programs.
What stands out about Julesburg’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Julesburg’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Julesburg is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns. Its library’s 2024 visits weren’t reported, so Julesburg is graded on two of the three inputs. Julesburg’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
The survey’s stand-in for Julesburg’s 2024 visits carries forward a 2023 figure, so it is left out.
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 →
22 community nonprofits are registered in Julesburg
18.6 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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.7%
6.7% of Julesburg’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 Julesburg’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Julesburg Public Library serves 1,248 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. 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
6,188 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 7,213 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.8 time last year, on average.
533 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
30 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Julesburg last year.
Find it
Julesburg Public Library, 320 Cedar Street, Julesburg.
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 $1.27 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Julesburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $80K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $102K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $80K 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 683 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Julesburg Public Library didn’t report visits; the survey’s estimate carries forward its 2023 figure, so we leave it out and never rank it.
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 Julesburg
Does Julesburg have a public library?
Yes. Julesburg Public Library, 320 Cedar Street, serves Julesburg’s 1,248 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Julesburg Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Julesburg’s library?
It lent 5.0 items per resident in 2024 (print and digital) and ran 30 programs that drew 211 people. Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Julesburg’s civic life grade?
A− Julesburg is ahead of 78% 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 Julesburg.
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.