Quitaque’s library logs 1.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Caprock Public Library serves 1,445 people in and around Quitaque. Last year it lent 2,825 books, movies and e-books and logged 2,198 visits.
Quitaque’s library, in brief
Caprock Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Caprock Public Library records 1.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $31 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 19% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
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; Caprock Public Library serves 1,445 people in and around Quitaque, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Quitaque’s civic life grade
Quitaque 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.
Caprock Public Library serves 1,445 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Caprock Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
2,825 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
542 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
43 programs a year
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
Caprock Public Library, 106 N 1st St., Quitaque.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Caprock Public Library branch.
New in Quitaque? 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 $1.02 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Quitaque cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $45K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $45K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $45K 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 274 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Caprock Public Library serves 1,445 people in and around Quitaque, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Quitaque.
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 Quitaque
Does Quitaque have a public library?
Yes. Caprock Public Library, 106 N 1st St., serves 1,445 people in and around Quitaque (the survey’s count) and is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Caprock 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 Quitaque’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 2.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Quitaque’s civic life grade?
Quitaque 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 Quitaque.
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.