Library · Placitas
Placitas Community Library
Placitas’s library is the Placitas Community Library, a branch of Placitas Community Library, open about 33 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Placitas’s branch belongs to Placitas Community Library, which serves 5,041 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Placitas Community Library
453 Hwy 165, Placitas 87043
33 hrsopen a week
3,350sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Placitas Community Library
59K
visits
11.7 per resident
19K
loans, print + digital
3.7 per resident
89
programs & events
2,836 attended
4,374
library cards
87% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people
Per-resident numbers, compared only with libraries of a similar size across the country, because a tiny town’s library always looks busier per person.
Visits per resident
11.7 visits · typical 3.0
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
2.5 print items · typical 3.8
A little below typical (30th percentile)
Digital borrowing
1.2 e-items · typical 1.0
Higher than 58% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
0.7 kids’ items · typical 1.6
Lower than most similar-size libraries (22th percentile)
Program attendance
0.6 attendees · typical 0.5
Higher than 55% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
87% of residents
Higher than 86% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
19K loans last year
Books & media (adults)49%Kids’ books & media18%E-books, audio & streaming33%
Who the programs are for
89 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$34 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $170K.
Local 21%State 17%Gifts & other 62%
About these numbers
How to read this page
Hours are an averageThe survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Compared by size“Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
One year, the library’s own countLibraries report their own visits, loans and programs for fiscal year 2024. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Distances are straight-line from the town center.