Photo: Nyttend · Public domainGreenville Township’s library is a branch of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, which lends less per resident than 59% of systems its size
Greenville Township’s library is the Galena Digital Branch, a branch of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, which serves 80,484 people and lent 440K items last year.
What Greenville Township’s library is like
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 68% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 58% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
45% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 45% of loans, more per resident than at 81% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 55%, much of it kids’ books. 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; Greenville Township’s library is a branch of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (80,484 people), not just the Greenville Township branch.
What’s behind Greenville Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Greenville Township is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns, #348 of 571 in Indiana. Greenville Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Greenville 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 →
20 community nonprofits are registered in Greenville Township
2.5 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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
9.6%
9.6% of Greenville 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 Greenville Township’s residents live; 2022.
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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
New Albany-Floyd County Public Library serves 80,484 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 37 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole New Albany-Floyd County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
45% of borrowing is digital
440K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
198,195 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Galena Digital Branch, 6956 Us-150, Floyds Knobs.
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 New Albany-Floyd County Public Library branch.
New in Greenville Township? 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 $1.94 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Greenville Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $7.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.6M 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 35,295 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Township | Galena Digital Branch fine-free | — | 50 | B− |
| Morgan Township | Palmyra Branch Library fine-free | — | 50 | B |
| Wood Township | Borden Library fine-free | — | 35 | C+ |
| Galena | Galena Digital Branch fine-free | — | 50 | — unincorporated |
| Jackson Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Lafayette Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Georgetown Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Jackson Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
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. Galena Digital Branch is one branch of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 80,484 people it serves.
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 Greenville Township
Does Greenville Township have a public library?
Yes: Galena Digital Branch, 6956 Us-150, is a branch of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, which serves 80,484 people. The branch is open about 50 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is New Albany-Floyd 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 Greenville Township’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 5.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Greenville Township’s civic life grade?
B− Greenville Township is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns on civic life, #348 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 Greenville 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.