Windcrest’s library runs 5.8 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 9 for libraries its size
San Antonio Public Library serves 1,868,052 people in and around Windcrest. Last year it lent 9.5M books, movies and e-books and logged 2.7M visits.
What Windcrest’s library is like
47% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 47% of loans, more per resident than at 72% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 53%, much of it kids’ books. What people borrow ↓
San Antonio Public Library serves more than Windcrest
The library’s service area covers 1,868,052 people in and around Windcrest, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. 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.
What’s behind Windcrest’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Windcrest is ahead of 2% of U.S. towns, #476 of 539 in Texas. Windcrest is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Windcrest’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($67K–$112K) 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 →
8 community nonprofits are registered in Windcrest
1.4 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 (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
4.1%
4.1% of Windcrest’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 Windcrest’s residents live; 2022.
47% of borrowing is digital
9.5M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 1.5M books and other items on the shelves went out about 3.3 times last year, on average.
4,510,619 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
San Antonio Public Library serves 1,868,052 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 125 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 94 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, 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
Pruitt Branch Library, 5110 Walzem Rd, San Antonio.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Windcrest? 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 $2.77 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Windcrest cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $53M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $147M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $53M 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 603,193 cardholders ÷ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windcrest | Pruitt Branch Library fine-free | 5.1 | 47 | D− |
| San Antonio | San Antonio Public Library fine-free | 5.1 | 46 | 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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Windcrest
Does Windcrest have a public library?
Yes. San Antonio Public Library, 5110 Walzem Rd, serves 1,868,052 people in and around Windcrest (the survey’s count) and is open about 47 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is San Antonio 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 Windcrest’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 5.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Windcrest’s civic life grade?
D− Windcrest is ahead of 2% of U.S. towns on civic life, #476 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 Windcrest.
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.