Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Johnson Township’s library is a branch of Fort Branch-Johnson Township Public Library, which lends more per resident than 81% of systems its size
Johnson Township’s library is the Haubstadt Branch, a branch of Fort Branch-Johnson Township Public Library, which serves 8,866 people and lent 85K items last year.
The short version on Johnson Township’s library
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 65% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 89% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
62% of the 517 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 151 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 2.5 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 85% of similar-size libraries. It’s 26% of all loans. 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; Johnson Township’s library is a branch of Fort Branch-Johnson Township Public Library, so they cover the whole system (8,866 people), not just the Johnson Township branch.
What’s behind Johnson Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Johnson Township is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns, #143 of 571 in Indiana. Johnson Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both 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 →
17 community nonprofits are registered in Johnson Township
3.8 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
11.5%
11.5% of Johnson 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 Johnson Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 3 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 all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Fort Branch-Johnson Township Public Library serves 8,866 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 19 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Fort Branch-Johnson Township Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
85K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
22,142 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Haubstadt Branch, 101 West Gibson Street, Haubstadt.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Fort Branch-Johnson Township Public Library branch.
New in Johnson 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 $2.45 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Johnson Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $526K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $526K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 4,001 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Township | Haubstadt Branch | — | 40 | A− |
| Union Township | Fort Branch-Johnson Township Public Library | — | 44 | A |
| Greer Township | Elberfeld Branch Library | — | 17 | A− |
| Scott Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
| Armstrong Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Smith 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. Haubstadt Branch is one branch of Fort Branch-Johnson Township Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 8,866 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 Johnson Township
Does Johnson Township have a public library?
Yes: Haubstadt Branch, 101 West Gibson Street, is a branch of Fort Branch-Johnson Township Public Library, which serves 8,866 people. The branch is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Fort Branch-Johnson Township Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Johnson Township’s library?
It logged 4.4 visits and lent 9.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Johnson Township’s civic life grade?
A− Johnson Township is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns on civic life, #143 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 Johnson 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.