Clay Township’s library logs 8.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library serves 2,341 people in and around Clay Township. Last year it lent 13K books, movies and e-books and logged 19K visits.
Clay Township’s library, in brief
Most programs are for young children
79% of the 58 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 33 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 60% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 71% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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; Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library serves 2,341 people in and around Clay Township, 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 Clay Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Clay Township is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns. Library visits hold the grade up; Clay Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
7 community nonprofits are registered in Clay Township
3.4 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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
12.1%
12.1% of Clay Township’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 Clay Township’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library serves 2,341 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
13K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
3,460 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
58 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
Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library, 4928 Milton Street, Coatesville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library branch.
New in Clay Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Clay Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $228K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $211K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $228K 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 497 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library fine-free | — | 41 | A− |
| Liberty Township | Clayton-Liberty Township Public Library fine-free | — | 38 | C |
| Center Township | Danville-Center Township Public Library fine-free | — | 56 | A |
| Marion Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Franklin Township | 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. Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library serves 2,341 people in and around Clay Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Clay Township.
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 Clay Township
Does Clay Township have a public library?
Yes. Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library, 4928 Milton Street, serves 2,341 people in and around Clay Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 41 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Coatesville-Clay Township 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 Clay Township’s library?
It logged 8.2 visits and lent 5.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Clay Township’s civic life grade?
A− Clay Township is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Clay Township.
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.