Edgewood’s library runs 11 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Edgewood Community Library serves Edgewood’s 6,174 residents. Last year it lent 31K books, movies and e-books and logged 12K visits.
What Edgewood’s library is like
New Mexico pays a big share
33% of the budget comes from the state, and 66% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Most programs are for young children
66% of the 71 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 43 for ages 0–5. 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.
What’s behind Edgewood’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Edgewood is ahead of 27% of U.S. towns, #22 of 46 in New Mexico. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($64K–$106K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
15 community nonprofits are registered in Edgewood
2.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (8 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.3%
8.3% of Edgewood’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 5.2% in the typical New Mexico 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 Edgewood’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Edgewood Community Library serves 6,174 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 17 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
31K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 16K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.6 times last year, on average.
4,294 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
71 programs a year
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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Edgewood last year.
Find it
Edgewood Community Library, 171b Nm-344, Edgewood.
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 $1.65 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Edgewood cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $293K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $482K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $293K 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 2,677 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood | Edgewood Community Library fine-free | 5.0 | 34 | C |
| Thunder Mountain | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Barton | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| La Madera | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Paa-Ko | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Cedar Grove | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Edgewood Community Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Edgewood
Does Edgewood have a public library?
Yes. Edgewood Community Library, 171b Nm-344, serves Edgewood’s 6,174 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Edgewood Community 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 Edgewood’s library?
It logged 1.9 visits and lent 5.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Edgewood’s civic life grade?
C Edgewood is ahead of 27% of U.S. towns on civic life, #22 of 46 in New Mexico. 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 Edgewood.
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.