Liberty Township’s library logs 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Clayton-Liberty Township Public Library serves 6,055 people in and around Liberty Township. Last year it lent 19K print books and media and logged 7,000 visits.
What stands out about Clayton-Liberty Township Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Liberty Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Liberty Township is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns, #471 of 571 in Indiana. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($62K–$103K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
15 community nonprofits are registered in Liberty Township
2.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
11.3%
11.3% of Liberty 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 Liberty Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Clayton-Liberty Township Public Library serves 6,055 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Clayton-Liberty Township Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
19K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
117 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
Clayton-Liberty Township Public Library, 5199 Iowa Street, Clayton.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Clayton-Liberty Township Public Library branch.
New in Liberty 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 $1.19 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Liberty Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $224K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $267K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $224K 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 1,392 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | Clayton-Liberty Township Public Library fine-free | — | 38 | C |
| Guilford Township | Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library fine-free | — | 65 | B+ |
| Plainfield | Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library fine-free | — | 65 | B+ |
| Center Township | Danville-Center Township Public Library fine-free | — | 56 | A |
| Monroe Township | Monrovia Branch fine-free | — | 63 | B |
| Clay Township | Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library fine-free | — | 41 | A− |
| Avon | Avon-Washington Township Public Library | — | 63 | B− |
| Washington Township | Avon-Washington Township Public Library | — | 63 | B− |
| Franklin 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Clayton-Liberty Township Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Clayton-Liberty Township Public Library serves 6,055 people in and around Liberty Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Liberty 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 Liberty Township
Does Liberty Township have a public library?
Yes. Clayton-Liberty Township Public Library, 5199 Iowa Street, serves 6,055 people in and around Liberty Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Clayton-Liberty Township 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 Liberty Township’s library?
It logged 1.2 visits and lent 3.1 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Liberty Township’s civic life grade?
C Liberty Township is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns on civic life, #471 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 Liberty 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.