Lincoln Township’s library logs 5.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Walkerton-Lincoln Township Public Library serves 2,859 people in and around Lincoln Township. Last year it lent 11K print books and media and logged 17K visits.
The short version on Lincoln Township’s library
Still charges late fines, unlike its neighbors
Walkerton-Lincoln Township Public Library charges late fines on some overdue items. All three libraries in neighboring towns have dropped them. What your card is worth ↓
Programs draw a crowd
5,955 people came to the system’s 114 programs last year: 2.1 per resident, against a typical 0.5, more than at 96% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 62% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 68% of similar-size libraries. 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; Walkerton-Lincoln Township Public Library serves 2,859 people in and around Lincoln Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Lincoln Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Lincoln Township is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns, #191 of 571 in Indiana. Library visits hold the grade up; Lincoln 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 →
9 community nonprofits are registered in Lincoln Township
3.3 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.9%
8.9% of Lincoln 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 Lincoln Township’s residents live; 2022.
114 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Walkerton-Lincoln Township Public Library serves 2,859 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Walkerton-Lincoln Township Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
11K 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.
Find it
Walkerton-Lincoln Township Public Library, 406 Adams Street, Walkerton.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Walkerton-Lincoln Township Public Library branch.
New in Lincoln 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 $1.85 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lincoln Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $142K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $262K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $142K 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 1,631 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Township | Walkerton-Lincoln Township Public Library | — | 43 | B+ |
| Liberty Township | North Liberty Branch fine-free | — | 44 | B− |
| Oregon Township | Koontz Lake Branch fine-free | — | 28 | B− |
| Koontz Lake | Koontz Lake Branch fine-free | — | 28 | — unincorporated |
| Johnson Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Polk 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Walkerton-Lincoln 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. Walkerton-Lincoln Township Public Library serves 2,859 people in and around Lincoln Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Lincoln 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 Lincoln Township
Does Lincoln Township have a public library?
Yes. Walkerton-Lincoln Township Public Library, 406 Adams Street, serves 2,859 people in and around Lincoln Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Walkerton-Lincoln 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 Lincoln Township’s library?
It logged 5.8 visits and lent 3.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Lincoln Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Lincoln Township is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns on civic life, #191 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 Lincoln 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.