Photo: Davidhc9 · CC BY-SA 3.0Picuris Pueblo’s library logs 30 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Picuris Pueblo Library serves 83 people in and around Picuris Pueblo. Last year it lent 103 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,496 visits.
Picuris Pueblo’s library, in brief
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
100% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 0%. What your card is worth ↓
More of a place to be than a place to borrow
Visits per resident beat 99% of similar-size libraries, while borrowing beats only 13%. The building also logs about 3 Wi-Fi sessions a day. A year at the library ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 95% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 55% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
A well-funded system
Picuris Pueblo Library spends $217 per resident a year, about four times the typical $54 for a library its size. What your card is worth ↓
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; Picuris Pueblo Library serves 83 people in and around Picuris Pueblo, 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 Picuris Pueblo’s civic life grade
Picuris Pueblo 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 →
A year at Picuris Pueblo Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Picuris Pueblo Library system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Picuris Pueblo Library serves 83 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
103 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
3 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
Picuris Pueblo Library, 201 Pueblo View State Road 75, Penasco.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Picuris Pueblo Library branch.
New in Picuris Pueblo? 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 Picuris Pueblo cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $18K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4,651 worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $18K 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 41 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.
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 count everyone. Picuris Pueblo’s 2,496 visits include people from nearby towns and summer visitors; the survey has no resident share.
- System-wide. Picuris Pueblo Library serves 83 people in and around Picuris Pueblo, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Picuris Pueblo.
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 Picuris Pueblo
Does Picuris Pueblo have a public library?
Yes. Picuris Pueblo Library, 201 Pueblo View State Road 75, serves 83 people in and around Picuris Pueblo (the survey’s count) and is open about 42 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Picuris Pueblo Library 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 Picuris Pueblo’s library?
It logged 30.1 visits and lent 1.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Picuris Pueblo’s civic life grade?
Picuris Pueblo 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 Picuris Pueblo.
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.