Otowi Historic District · Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0San Ildefonso Pueblo’s library runs 141 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Pueblo De San Ildefonso Library serves 624 people in and around San Ildefonso Pueblo. Last year it lent 321 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,200 visits.
San Ildefonso Pueblo’s library, in brief
New Mexico pays a big share
95% of the budget comes from the state, and 5% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Well funded, but lightly used
Pueblo De San Ildefonso Library spends $205 per resident, more than 96% of similar-size libraries. Use doesn’t match: visits per resident are lower than at 49% of them. What your card is worth ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Pueblo De San Ildefonso Library lends 0.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, fewer than 97% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. What people borrow ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 59% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 88% 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; Pueblo De San Ildefonso Library serves 624 people in and around San Ildefonso 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 San Ildefonso Pueblo’s civic life grade
San Ildefonso 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 →
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average San Ildefonso Pueblo cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $128K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $15K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $128K 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 462 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Pueblo De San Ildefonso Library serves 624 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Pueblo De San Ildefonso Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Pueblo De San Ildefonso Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
321 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
56 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
88 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 De San Ildefonso Library, 1b Tunyo PO, Santa Fe.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Pueblo De San Ildefonso Library branch.
New in San Ildefonso Pueblo? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
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 Ildefonso Pueblo | Pueblo De San Ildefonso Library fine-free | — | 40 | — under 1,000 residents |
| El Rancho | 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Pueblo De San Ildefonso Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- System-wide. Pueblo De San Ildefonso Library serves 624 people in and around San Ildefonso Pueblo, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just San Ildefonso 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 San Ildefonso Pueblo
Does San Ildefonso Pueblo have a public library?
Yes. Pueblo De San Ildefonso Library, 1b Tunyo PO, serves 624 people in and around San Ildefonso Pueblo (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Pueblo De San Ildefonso 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 Ildefonso Pueblo’s library?
It logged 3.5 visits and lent 0.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is San Ildefonso Pueblo’s civic life grade?
San Ildefonso 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 San Ildefonso 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.