Photo: John Karl Hillers · Public domainZia Pueblo’s library logs 0.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Zia Enrichment Library serves 923 people in and around Zia Pueblo. Last year it logged 100 visits.
Zia Pueblo’s library, in brief
New Mexico pays a big share
44% of the budget comes from the state, and 56% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Zia Enrichment Library offered 6 programs last year, 6.5 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. 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; Zia Enrichment Library serves 923 people in and around Zia 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 Zia Pueblo’s civic life grade
Zia 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 5 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Zia Enrichment Library serves 923 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Zia Enrichment Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Zia Enrichment Library system. The library’s own count.
Loans aren’t shown: this year’s report counted only 34 items borrowed against 100 visits, so we leave the count out.
6 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
Zia Enrichment Library, 135 Capitol Square Drive, Zia Pueblo.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every Zia Enrichment Library branch.
New in Zia 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 Zia Pueblo cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $48K.
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 500 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Zia Enrichment Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- System-wide. Zia Enrichment Library serves 923 people in and around Zia Pueblo, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Zia 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 Zia Pueblo
Does Zia Pueblo have a public library?
Yes. Zia Enrichment Library, 135 Capitol Square Drive, serves 923 people in and around Zia Pueblo (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Zia Enrichment 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 Zia Pueblo’s library?
It logged 0.1 visits per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Zia Pueblo’s civic life grade?
Zia 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 Zia 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.