Photo: US gov · Public domainSanta Clara Pueblo’s library logs 5.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Santa Clara Pueblo Community Library serves 930 people in and around Santa Clara Pueblo. Last year it lent 1,985 books, movies and e-books and logged 5,000 visits.
Santa Clara Pueblo’s library, in brief
More library cards than residents
2,131 cards for 930 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
New Mexico pays a big share
20% of the budget comes from the state, and 7% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
More of a place to be than a place to borrow
Visits per resident beat 70% of similar-size libraries, while borrowing beats only 23%. Program attendance beats 97% of similar libraries. A year at the library ↓
Programs are almost all for children
93% of the 88 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 30 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Programs draw a crowd
4,284 people came to the system’s 88 programs last year: 4.6 per resident, against a typical 0.7, more than at 97% of similar-size libraries. 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; Santa Clara Pueblo Community Library serves 930 people in and around Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara Pueblo’s civic life grade
Santa Clara 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 →
About 2 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 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Santa Clara Pueblo Community Library serves 930 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Santa Clara Pueblo Community Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Santa Clara Pueblo Community Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
1,985 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
190 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
Find it
Santa Clara Pueblo Community Library, 578 Kee St., Espanola.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every Santa Clara Pueblo Community Library branch.
New in Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara Pueblo cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $225K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $70K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $225K 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 2,131 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Santa Clara Pueblo Community Library serves 930 people in and around Santa Clara Pueblo, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara Pueblo
Does Santa Clara Pueblo have a public library?
Yes. Santa Clara Pueblo Community Library, 578 Kee St., serves 930 people in and around Santa Clara Pueblo (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Santa Clara Pueblo 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 Santa Clara Pueblo’s library?
It logged 5.4 visits and lent 2.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Santa Clara Pueblo’s civic life grade?
Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara 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.