Photo: Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) · Public domainEarl Park’s library runs 121 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Earl Park-Richland Township Public Library serves 562 people in and around Earl Park. Last year it lent 854 books, movies and e-books and logged 853 visits.
Earl Park’s library, in brief
Earl Park-Richland Township Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Earl Park-Richland Township Public Library records 1.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1.5 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
50% of the 68 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 24 were for children. 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; Earl Park-Richland Township Public Library serves 562 people in and around Earl Park, 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 Earl Park’s civic life grade
Earl Park 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 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Earl Park-Richland Township Public Library serves 562 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Earl Park-Richland Township Public Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Earl Park-Richland Township Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
854 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
68 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
Earl Park-Richland Township Public Library, 102 East Fifth Street, Earl Park.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Earl Park-Richland Township Public Library branch.
New in Earl Park? 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 Earl Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $51K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $18K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $51K budget.
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 426 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Earl Park-Richland Township Public Library serves 562 people in and around Earl Park, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Earl Park.
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 Earl Park
Does Earl Park have a public library?
Yes. Earl Park-Richland Township Public Library, 102 East Fifth Street, serves 562 people in and around Earl Park (the survey’s count) and is open about 25 hours a week, averaged over the year.
How busy is Earl Park’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 1.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Earl Park’s civic life grade?
Earl Park 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 Earl Park.
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.