Jordan’s library logs 1.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Garfield County Library serves 1,173 people in and around Jordan. Last year it lent 4,202 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,839 visits.
The short version on Jordan’s library
Programs are almost all for children
88% of the 58 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 50 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 72% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 62% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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; Garfield County Library serves 1,173 people in and around Jordan, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Jordan’s civic life grade
Jordan 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 under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Garfield County Library serves 1,173 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Garfield County Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
4,202 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,041 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
58 programs a year
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
Garfield County Library, 208 Main St., Jordan.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every Garfield County Library branch.
New in Jordan? 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 $1.62 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Jordan cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $39K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $63K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $39K 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 395 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Garfield County Library serves 1,173 people in and around Jordan, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Jordan.
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 Jordan
Does Jordan have a public library?
Yes. Garfield County Library, 208 Main St., serves 1,173 people in and around Jordan (the survey’s count) and is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Garfield County 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 Jordan’s library?
It logged 1.6 visits and lent 3.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Jordan’s civic life grade?
Jordan 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 Jordan.
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.