Lay School · Photo: Jeffrey Beall from Colorado, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Maybell’s library is a branch of Moffat County Library, which lends less per resident than 58% of systems its size
Maybell’s library is the Maybell Branch Library, a branch of Moffat County Library, which serves 13,317 people and lent 51K items last year.
Maybell’s library, in brief
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 ↓
Open only about 21 hours a week
The Maybell branch keeps short hours: about 21 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
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; Maybell’s library is a branch of Moffat County Library, so they cover the whole system (13,317 people), not just the Maybell branch.
What’s behind Maybell’s civic life grade
Maybell 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 →
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
Maybell Branch Library, 202 Collom St., Maybell.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every Moffat County Library branch.
New in Maybell? 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 Maybell 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. Maybell 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 Maybell
Does Maybell have a public library?
Yes: Maybell Branch Library, 202 Collom St., is a branch of Moffat County Library, which serves 13,317 people. The branch is open about 21 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 Maybell’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 Maybell’s civic life grade?
Maybell 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 Maybell.
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.