Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHenry Township’s library lends 9.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Akron Carnegie Public Library serves 3,072 people in and around Henry Township. Last year it lent 35K books, movies and e-books and logged 20K visits.
What Henry Township’s library is like
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 66% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 95% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
A system of heavy borrowers
Akron Carnegie Public Library lends 9.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 90% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Akron Carnegie Public Library ran 294 programs last year, about 6 a week. That’s 96 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 6,942 attended. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Akron Carnegie Public Library spends $100 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (85%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
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; Akron Carnegie Public Library serves 3,072 people in and around Henry Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Henry Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Henry Township is ahead of 90% of U.S. towns, #73 of 571 in Indiana. All three 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 →
12 community nonprofits are registered in Henry Township
4.1 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 (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
17.5%
17.5% of Henry 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 Henry Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 2 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 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Akron Carnegie Public Library serves 3,072 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 14 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Akron Carnegie Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
35K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
5,720 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Akron Carnegie Public Library, 205 East Rochester Street, Akron.
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 Akron Carnegie Public Library branch.
New in Henry 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 $1.86 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Henry Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $307K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $572K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $307K 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 1,119 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Township | Akron Carnegie Public Library fine-free | — | 49 | A |
| Rochester Township | Fulton County Public Library fine-free | — | 49 | A+ |
| Franklin Township | Bell Memorial Public Library fine-free | — | 52 | B+ |
| Pleasant Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Perry Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Allen Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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. Akron Carnegie Public Library serves 3,072 people in and around Henry Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Henry 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 Henry Township
Does Henry Township have a public library?
Yes. Akron Carnegie Public Library, 205 East Rochester Street, serves 3,072 people in and around Henry Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 49 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Akron Carnegie 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 Henry Township’s library?
It logged 6.4 visits and lent 11.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Henry Township’s civic life grade?
A Henry Township is ahead of 90% of U.S. towns on civic life, #73 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 Henry 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.