Photo: Uckrist · Public domainWoodland Park’s library is a branch of Rampart Regional Library District, which lends more per resident than 85% of systems its size
Woodland Park’s library is the Woodland Park Public Library, a branch of Rampart Regional Library District, which serves 19,956 people and lent 194K items last year.
Woodland Park’s library, in brief
More library cards than residents
20,801 cards for 19,956 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, it’s 40%. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
51% of the 850 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 263 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
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; Woodland Park’s library is a branch of Rampart Regional Library District, so they cover the whole system (19,956 people), not just the Woodland Park branch.
What’s behind Woodland Park’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Woodland Park is ahead of 92% of U.S. towns, #8 of 104 in Colorado. Woodland Park is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Woodland Park’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
91 community nonprofits are registered in Woodland Park
11.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (52 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 7 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.8%
8.8% of Woodland Park’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 Woodland Park’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Rampart Regional Library District serves 19,956 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 53 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Rampart Regional Library District system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
194K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
26,132 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 5 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
Woodland Park Public Library, 218 East Midland, Woodland Park.
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 Rampart Regional Library District branch.
New in Woodland Park? 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 $1.86 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Woodland Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.6M 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 20,801 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Woodland Park Public Library is one branch of Rampart Regional Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 19,956 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 Woodland Park
Does Woodland Park have a public library?
Yes: Woodland Park Public Library, 218 East Midland, is a branch of Rampart Regional Library District, which serves 19,956 people. The branch is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Rampart Regional 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 Woodland Park’s library?
It logged 4.7 visits and lent 9.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Woodland Park’s civic life grade?
A Woodland Park is ahead of 92% of U.S. towns on civic life, #8 of 104 in Colorado. 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 Woodland Park.
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.