Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domainSan Felipe Pueblo’s library logs 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Pueblo of San Felipe Community Library serves 3,686 people in and around San Felipe Pueblo. Last year it logged 3,544 visits.
What stands out about Pueblo of San Felipe Community Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind San Felipe Pueblo’s civic life grade
San Felipe Pueblo 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 Pueblo of San Felipe 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 San Felipe Pueblo
San Felipe Pueblo is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
1.7%
1.7% of San Felipe Pueblo’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 San Felipe Pueblo’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 5 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Pueblo of San Felipe Community Library serves 3,686 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
A year at Pueblo of San Felipe Community Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Pueblo of San Felipe Community Library system. The library’s own count.
Loans aren’t shown: this year’s report counted only 647 items borrowed against 3,544 visits, so we leave the count out.
99 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
Pueblo of San Felipe Community Library, 24 Black Mesa Rd, San Felipe Pueblo.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Pueblo of San Felipe Community Library branch.
New in San Felipe 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 San Felipe Pueblo cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $280K.
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 825 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Felipe Pueblo | Pueblo of San Felipe Community Library fine-free | — | 61 | — unincorporated |
| Algodones | None of its own | — | — | — 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.
- System-wide. Pueblo of San Felipe Community Library serves 3,686 people in and around San Felipe Pueblo, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just San Felipe Pueblo.
- Loans left out. This year’s loan count is far below the library’s visits and shelves, so we leave it out.
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 San Felipe Pueblo
Does San Felipe Pueblo have a public library?
Yes. Pueblo of San Felipe Community Library, 24 Black Mesa Rd, serves 3,686 people in and around San Felipe Pueblo (the survey’s count) and is open about 61 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Pueblo of San Felipe Community 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 San Felipe Pueblo’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is San Felipe Pueblo’s civic life grade?
San Felipe Pueblo 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 Pueblo of San Felipe Community Library, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in San Felipe 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.