Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Mitchell County Public Library serves 8,202 people in and around Colorado City
Mitchell County Public Library serves 8,202 people in and around Colorado City.
What stands out about Mitchell County Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Colorado City’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Colorado City is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns, #67 of 539 in Texas. Its library’s 2024 visits weren’t reported, so Colorado City is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Colorado City’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
The survey’s stand-in for Colorado City’s 2024 visits is its own estimate, so it is left out.
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 →
13 community nonprofits are registered in Colorado City
3.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (5 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
11.3%
11.3% of Colorado City’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 Colorado City’s residents live; 2022.
A year at Mitchell County Public Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Mitchell County 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
Mitchell County Public Library, 340 Oak St., Colorado City.
No late fees. Good at every Mitchell County Public Library branch.
New in Colorado City? 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 Colorado City 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 8,202 people it serves ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Not reported for 2024: visits. Mitchell County 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. Mitchell County Public Library serves 8,202 people in and around Colorado City, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Colorado City.
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 Colorado City
Does Colorado City have a public library?
Yes. Mitchell County Public Library, 340 Oak St., serves 8,202 people in and around Colorado City (the survey’s count).
Is Mitchell County Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Colorado City’s library?
It lent 0.0 items per resident in 2024 (print). Visits weren’t reported for 2024.
What is Colorado City’s civic life grade?
B+ Colorado City is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns on civic life, #67 of 539 in Texas. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Colorado City.
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.