Corydon Historic District · Photo: Bedford at English Wikipedia · Public domainCorydon’s library runs 23 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Harrison County Public Library serves 39,654 people in and around Corydon from 2 locations. Last year it lent 302K books, movies and e-books and logged 96K visits.
What stands out about Harrison County Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Corydon’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Corydon is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns, #199 of 571 in Indiana. Corydon is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Corydon’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
14 community nonprofits are registered in Corydon
4.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (5 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.1%
8.1% of Corydon’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 Corydon’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Harrison County Public Library serves 39,654 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 23 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Harrison County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
302K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
73,489 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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.
2 places to borrow in Corydon
Harrison County Public Library, 105 North Capitol Avenue, Corydon.
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 Harrison County Public Library branch.
New in Corydon? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Harrison County Public Library branches in Corydon
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.75 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Corydon cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.8M 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 34,191 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Harrison County Public Library serves 39,654 people in and around Corydon, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Corydon.
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 Corydon
Does Corydon have a public library?
Yes. Harrison County Public Library, 105 North Capitol Avenue, serves 39,654 people in and around Corydon (the survey’s count) and is open about 58 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Harrison County 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 Corydon’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 7.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Corydon’s civic life grade?
B+ Corydon is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns on civic life, #199 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 Corydon.
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.