Arrowhead Lodge · Photo: Paul Murr · CC BY-SA 3.0Red Feather Lakes’ library lends 16 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Red Feather Mountain Library District serves 1,756 people in and around Red Feather Lakes. Last year it lent 34K books, movies and e-books and logged 19K visits.
The short version on Red Feather Lakes’s library
More library cards than residents
2,743 cards for 1,756 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Red Feather Lakes uses its library more than almost any town its size
Red Feather Mountain Library District logs 11 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 16 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 91% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Red Feather Lakes invests in its library
Red Feather Mountain Library District spends $252 per resident a year, about five times the typical $54 for a library its size. What your card is worth ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3.1 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 88% of similar-size libraries. It’s 16% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Red Feather Mountain Library District serves more than Red Feather Lakes
The library’s service area covers 1,756 people in and around Red Feather Lakes, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Red Feather Lakes’ civic life grade
Red Feather Lakes 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 →
Mostly books and media off the shelf
34K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 16K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.8 times last year, on average.
5,528 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Red Feather Mountain Library District serves 1,756 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 12 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 1 kids’ program a week
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.
Find it
Red Feather Mountain Library District, 71 Firehouse Lane, Red Feather Lakes.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Red Feather Lakes? 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 $1.28 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Red Feather Lakes cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $443K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $566K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $443K 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 2,743 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Red Feather Lakes
Does Red Feather Lakes have a public library?
Yes. Red Feather Mountain Library District, 71 Firehouse Lane, serves 1,756 people in and around Red Feather Lakes (the survey’s count) and is open about 56 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Red Feather Mountain 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 Red Feather Lakes’ library?
It logged 10.7 visits and lent 19.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Red Feather Lakes’ civic life grade?
Red Feather Lakes 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 Red Feather Lakes.
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.