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Monument Library · part of Pikes Peak Library District

Woodmoor’s library is a branch of Pikes Peak Library District, which lends more per resident than 73% of systems its size

Woodmoor’s library is the Monument Library, a branch of Pikes Peak Library District, which serves 678,684 people and lent 7.2M items last year.

1706 Lake Woodmoor Dr., Monument 80132 · about 56 hours a week
–Civic lifeNot graded: unincorporated places have too few inputs
Borrowed a year
7.2M
10.6 per resident
Visits a year
1.9M
2.8 per resident · Above typical (2.1)
Programs & events
3,881
about 75 a week · 126K attended
Cardholders
45%
305,812 cards
Open
56 hrs
a week at this branch

What stands out about Monument Library

Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.

Civic life grade

What’s behind Woodmoor’s civic life grade

Woodmoor isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Pikes Peak Library District, so there is no town figure for visits.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Woodmoor’s overall grade.

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 →

Places to belong

Volunteering in Woodmoor

Woodmoor is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.

Volunteering

8.4%

8.4% of Woodmoor’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 Woodmoor’s residents live; 2022.

★ What stands out · What people borrow

50% of borrowing is digital

7.2M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.

7.2Mloans
Books & media (adults) 26%Kids’ books & media 24%E-books, audio & streaming 50%
From your couch

3,556,552 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.

How it compares

Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures

Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.

Visits per resident 2.8 visits · typical 2.1Higher than 72%
Borrowing per resident 5.3 print items · typical 3.2Higher than 73%
Digital borrowing 5.2 e-items · typical 1.4Top 10%
Kids’ borrowing 2.6 kids’ items · typical 1.6Higher than 70%
Program attendance 0.2 attendees · typical 0.2Lower than 59%
Programs offered 5.7 per 1,000 residents · typical 9Lower than 77%
Cardholders 45% of residents · typical 41%Higher than 58%
Spending $49 per resident · typical $36Higher than 65%
Fewer per residentMore per resident
Size group

Pikes Peak Library District serves 678,684 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.

A year at the library

Every hour the doors are open, about 179 items go out

Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Pikes Peak Library District system. The library’s own count.

1.9M
visits
2.8 per resident
7.2M
loans, print + digital
10.6 per resident
3,881
programs & events
126K attended
306K
library cards
45% of people served
Every open hour179items borrowed
Every week2,418people at a program
Every day191Wi-Fi sessions
384 staff (full-time equivalent)697 public computers
Kids & programs

About 47 kids’ programs a week

Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.

Schools in Woodmoor →

Programs last year by age group

Ages 0–51,454
Ages 6–11993
Teens280
Adults834
All ages320
Little ones
28

story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.

1.7M
kids’ books & media borrowed
126K
people at programs
3,881
programs
The building

Find it

Monument Library, 1706 Lake Woodmoor Dr., Monument.

56
hours open a week
7,536
square feet
With a card

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 Pikes Peak Library District branch.

New in Woodmoor? The Handbook →

Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.

What your card is worth

For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $3.27 worth

Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Woodmoor cardholder borrows.

In a month I’d use…
Books$17 each
1
Kids’ books$12 each
0
E-books & audio$15 each
1
Movies & music$4 each
0
Programs & classes$10 a program
0
Computer & Wi-Fi$3 a session
0
Your card saves you about
$384
a year at retail prices · $32 a month

Who pays for it
$49 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $33M.

Local taxes 88%State 0%Gifts & other 12%

Last year the library lent and hosted about $108M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $33M 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 305,812 cardholders ÷ 12.

Next door

Libraries next door

Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.

12+ loans per resident8–124–8Under 4No library / shared system
TownLibraryLoans per residentHoursCivic life
WoodmoorMonument Library fine-free—56— unincorporated
MonumentNone of its own——B+

Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.

  • System-wide. Monument Library is one branch of Pikes Peak Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 678,684 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 Woodmoor

Does Woodmoor have a public library?

Yes: Monument Library, 1706 Lake Woodmoor Dr., is a branch of Pikes Peak Library District, which serves 678,684 people. The branch is open about 56 hours a week, averaged over the year.

Is Pikes Peak 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 Woodmoor’s library?

It logged 2.8 visits and lent 10.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.

What is Woodmoor’s civic life grade?

Woodmoor isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Pikes Peak Library District, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.

Book talk

Reading, story times and the library in Woodmoor.

Town Square →
Start a conversation

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.