Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Alamo’s library is a branch of Lincoln County Library, which lends less per resident than 94% of systems its size
Alamo’s library is the Alamo Branch Library, a branch of Lincoln County Library, which serves 4,808 people and lent 3,144 items last year.
What Alamo’s library is like
The Lincoln County Library system is used less than most libraries its size
The Lincoln County Library system records 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $21 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Open only about 20 hours a week
The Alamo branch keeps short hours: about 20 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Nevada pays a big share
23% of the budget comes from the state, and 74% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. 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; Alamo’s library is a branch of Lincoln County Library, so they cover the whole system (4,808 people), not just the Alamo branch.
What’s behind Alamo’s civic life grade
Alamo 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 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Lincoln County Library serves 4,808 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Lincoln County Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
3,144 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
What kids borrow
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Find it
Alamo Branch Library, 100 S First W, Alamo.
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 Alamo cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $103K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $46K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $103K 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 2,991 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Alamo Branch Library is one branch of Lincoln County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 4,808 people it serves.
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 Alamo
Does Alamo have a public library?
Yes: Alamo Branch Library, 100 S First W, is a branch of Lincoln County Library, which serves 4,808 people. The branch is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lincoln County Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Alamo’s library?
It logged 0.6 visits and lent 0.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Alamo’s civic life grade?
Alamo 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 Alamo.
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.