Photo: Nyttend · Public domainApache’s library logs 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Apache Public Library serves Apache’s 1,002 residents. Last year it lent 1,498 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,200 visits.
The short version on Apache’s library
Apache Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Apache Public Library records 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $26 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Apache Public Library offered 4 programs last year, 4 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Apache Public Library serves 1,002 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 30 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Apache’s civic life grade
Apache 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Apache Public Library serves 1,002 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Apache Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,498 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 6,918 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
379 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
4 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Apache last year.
Find it
Apache Public Library, 111 E Evans, Apache.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Apache? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.06 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Apache cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $26K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $27K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $26K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 269 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. Apache Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Apache
Does Apache have a public library?
Yes. Apache Public Library, 111 E Evans, serves Apache’s 1,002 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 30 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Apache Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Apache’s library?
It logged 1.2 visits and lent 1.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Apache’s civic life grade?
Apache 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 Apache.
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.