Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Millersburg’s library logs 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Millersburg Community Library serves Millersburg’s 2,696 residents. Last year it lent 10K print books and media and logged 1,608 visits.
Millersburg’s library, in brief
Open only about 11 hours a week
Millersburg Community Library keeps short hours: about 11 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Millersburg Community Library sits below the middle on all six per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on four. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 13% of the people Millersburg Community Library serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Fewer visits than most libraries its size
Millersburg Community Library records 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, below 95% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing holds up better, at 3.9 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Millersburg Community Library spends $6 per resident, less than 99% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). What your card is worth ↓
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 Millersburg’s civic life grade
Millersburg 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Millersburg Community Library serves 2,696 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 19 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
10K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 11K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1 time last year, on average.
73 programs a year
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
Millersburg Community Library, 847 Jackson St., Millersburg.
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 $11.80 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Millersburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $15K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $178K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $15K 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 353 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Millersburg
Does Millersburg have a public library?
Yes. Millersburg Community Library, 847 Jackson St., serves Millersburg’s 2,696 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 11 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Millersburg Community Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Millersburg’s library?
It logged 0.6 visits and lent 3.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Millersburg’s civic life grade?
Millersburg 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 Millersburg.
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.