Photo: Davidhc9 · CC BY-SA 3.0Ohkay Owingeh’s library runs 64 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
P'Oe Tsawa Community Library serves 3,080 people in and around Ohkay Owingeh. Last year it lent 3,967 print books and media and logged 11K visits.
What Ohkay Owingeh’s library is like
Programs are almost all for children
96% of the 197 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.2 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
New Mexico pays a big share
41% of the budget comes from the state, and 59% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 70% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 70% of similar-size libraries, so the high share mostly reflects light borrowing by adults. 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; P'Oe Tsawa Community Library serves 3,080 people in and around Ohkay Owingeh, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Ohkay Owingeh’s civic life grade
Ohkay Owingeh 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 P'Oe Tsawa Community Library, so there is no town figure for visits.
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 →
Volunteering in Ohkay Owingeh
Ohkay Owingeh is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
4.9%
4.9% of Ohkay Owingeh’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 Ohkay Owingeh’s residents live; 2022.
About 4 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
P'Oe Tsawa Community Library serves 3,080 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole P'Oe Tsawa Community Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
3,967 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Find it
P'Oe Tsawa Community Library, 232 Popay Avenue, Ohkay Owingeh.
No late fees. Good at every P'Oe Tsawa Community Library branch.
New in Ohkay Owingeh? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Ohkay Owingeh cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $113K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $95K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $113K 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 2,003 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Española | Espanola Public Library | 2.3 | 41 | C− |
| Ohkay Owingeh | P'Oe Tsawa Community Library fine-free | — | 45 | — unincorporated |
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.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. P'Oe Tsawa Community Library serves 3,080 people in and around Ohkay Owingeh, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Ohkay Owingeh.
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 Ohkay Owingeh
Does Ohkay Owingeh have a public library?
Yes. P'Oe Tsawa Community Library, 232 Popay Avenue, serves 3,080 people in and around Ohkay Owingeh (the survey’s count) and is open about 45 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is P'Oe Tsawa Community Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Ohkay Owingeh’s library?
It logged 3.6 visits and lent 1.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Ohkay Owingeh’s civic life grade?
Ohkay Owingeh 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 P'Oe Tsawa Community Library, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Ohkay Owingeh.
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.