Linton Public Library · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLinton’s library runs 24 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Linton Public Library serves 8,158 people in and around Linton. Last year it lent 26K print books and media and logged 20K visits.
What stands out about Linton Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Linton’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Linton is ahead of 98% of U.S. towns, #12 of 571 in Indiana. Linton 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 →
40 community nonprofits are registered in Linton
7.6 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 (14 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
13.1%
13.1% of Linton’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 Linton’s residents live; 2022.
A National Register landmark since 2000
Linton Public Library, 95 SE 1st Street, Linton.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Linton Public Library branch.
New in Linton? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Linton Public Library
Linton Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Sep 22, 2000. It is significant for its architecture and education at the local level. Its architecture is described as Bungalow/Craftsman and Tudor Revival.
Linton Public Library, also known as the Margaret Cooper Library, is a historic library building located at Linton, Indiana. It was designed by noted Chicago architecture firm Patton & Miller and built in 1908. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, "T"-plan, Tudor Revival style building with Arts and Crafts style design elements. It has a steeply pitched gable roof with French clay tile.
More about the building →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.
Linton Public Library serves 8,158 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 12 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Linton Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
26K 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.
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.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.42 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Linton cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $311K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $442K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $311K 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 1,963 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Linton Public Library serves 8,158 people in and around Linton, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Linton.
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 Linton
Does Linton have a public library?
Yes. Linton Public Library, 95 SE 1st Street, serves 8,158 people in and around Linton (the survey’s count) and is open about 42 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Linton 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 Linton’s library?
It logged 2.5 visits and lent 3.2 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Linton’s civic life grade?
A+ Linton is ahead of 98% of U.S. towns on civic life, #12 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 Linton.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.