Brownsburg’s library lends 7.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Brownsburg Public Library serves 49,089 people in and around Brownsburg. Last year it lent 578K books, movies and e-books and logged 206K visits.
Brownsburg’s library, in brief
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 60% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 89% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3.8 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.2, higher than at 93% of similar-size libraries. It’s 33% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Open about 65 hours a week
The Brownsburg branch is open about 65 hours a week, averaged over the year. The building ↓
Most programs are for young children
68% of the 678 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 6.4 a week 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; Brownsburg Public Library serves 49,089 people in and around Brownsburg, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Brownsburg’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Brownsburg is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns, #137 of 571 in Indiana. Brownsburg is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
139 community nonprofits are registered in Brownsburg
4.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (30 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 8 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
10.0%
10.0% of Brownsburg’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 9.1% in the typical Indiana 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 Brownsburg’s residents live; 2022.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
578K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
188,497 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 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Brownsburg Public Library serves 49,089 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 171 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Brownsburg Public Library system. The library’s own count.
About 9 kids’ programs 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
Brownsburg Public Library, 450 South Jefferson Street, Brownsburg.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Brownsburg Public Library branch.
New in Brownsburg? 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 $4.58 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Brownsburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $8.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.9M 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 18,111 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsburg | Brownsburg Public Library | — | 65 | A− |
| Lincoln Township | Brownsburg Public Library | — | 65 | B |
| Washington Township | Avon-Washington Township Public Library | — | 63 | B− |
| Avon | Avon-Washington Township Public Library | — | 63 | B− |
| Brown Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Middle Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Pittsboro | None of its own | — | — | A− |
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.
- System-wide. Brownsburg Public Library serves 49,089 people in and around Brownsburg, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Brownsburg.
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 Brownsburg
Does Brownsburg have a public library?
Yes. Brownsburg Public Library, 450 South Jefferson Street, serves 49,089 people in and around Brownsburg (the survey’s count) and is open about 65 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Brownsburg 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 Brownsburg’s library?
It logged 4.2 visits and lent 11.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Brownsburg’s civic life grade?
A− Brownsburg is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns on civic life, #137 of 571 in Indiana. 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 Brownsburg.
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.