Photo: Aualliso · CC BY-SA 4.0Ozona’s library lends 1.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Crockett County Public Library serves 2,858 people in and around Ozona. Last year it lent 4,558 books, movies and e-books and logged 6,603 visits.
What Ozona’s library is like
More library cards than residents
3,000 cards for 2,858 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, it’s 42%. How it compares ↓
Well funded, but lightly used
Crockett County Public Library spends $86 per resident, more than 86% of similar-size libraries. Use doesn’t match: visits per resident are lower than at 61% of them. What your card is worth ↓
Most programs are for young children
75% of the 92 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 37 for ages 0–5. 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; Crockett County Public Library serves 2,858 people in and around Ozona, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Ozona’s civic life grade
On library visits and volunteering, Ozona is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. Ozona is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; library visits come closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($61K–$102K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 Ozona
Ozona is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
2.0%
2.0% of Ozona’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 Ozona’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Crockett County Public Library serves 2,858 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Crockett County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
4,558 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
447 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program a week
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
Crockett County Public Library, 1201 Ave G, Ozona.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Crockett County Public Library branch.
New in Ozona? 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 Ozona cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $244K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $85K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $244K 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 3,000 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Crockett County Public Library serves 2,858 people in and around Ozona, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Ozona.
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 Ozona
Does Ozona have a public library?
Yes. Crockett County Public Library, 1201 Ave G, serves 2,858 people in and around Ozona (the survey’s count) and is open about 41 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Crockett County Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Ozona’s library?
It logged 2.3 visits and lent 1.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Ozona’s civic life grade?
D Ozona is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Ozona.
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.