Ilumina Public Library serves 191,307 people in and around Agua Dulce
Ilumina Public Library serves 191,307 people in and around Agua Dulce.
What stands out about Ilumina Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Agua Dulce’s civic life grade
Agua Dulce isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Ilumina Public Library, so there is no town figure for visits.
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 →
Volunteering in Agua Dulce
Agua Dulce is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
2.2%
2.2% of Agua Dulce’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 5.7% in the typical Texas town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Agua Dulce’s residents live; 2022.
A year at Ilumina Public Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Ilumina Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: visits and print loans. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Find it
Ilumina Public Library, 15371 Kentwood Ave, El Paso.
No late fees. Good at every Ilumina Public Library branch.
New in Agua Dulce? 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 Agua Dulce resident borrows (the library didn’t report its card count for 2024).
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 resident’s month = the library’s yearly loans and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ the 191,307 people it serves ÷ 12.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agua Dulce | Ilumina Public Library fine-free | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Horizon City | None of its own | — | — | D− |
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.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Ilumina Public Library didn’t report visits; the survey’s estimate is its own, so we leave it out and never rank it.
- Not reported for 2024: print loans. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- System-wide. Ilumina Public Library serves 191,307 people in and around Agua Dulce, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Agua Dulce.
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 Agua Dulce
Does Agua Dulce have a public library?
Yes. Ilumina Public Library, 15371 Kentwood Ave, serves 191,307 people in and around Agua Dulce (the survey’s count).
Is Ilumina Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Agua Dulce’s library?
It lent 0.0 items per resident in 2024 (print). Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Agua Dulce’s civic life grade?
Agua Dulce isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Ilumina Public Library, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Agua Dulce.
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.