Clinton F. Hesler Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMillcreek Township’s library runs 87 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Kingman-Millcreek Public Library serves 1,385 people in and around Millcreek Township. Last year it lent 5,958 books, movies and e-books and logged 4,330 visits.
What stands out about Kingman-Millcreek Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Millcreek Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Millcreek Township is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Millcreek Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($36K–$61K) 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 →
3 community nonprofits are registered in Millcreek Township
2.1 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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.0%
9.0% of Millcreek 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 Millcreek Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Kingman-Millcreek Public Library serves 1,385 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Kingman-Millcreek Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
5,958 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,481 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
120 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
Kingman-Millcreek Public Library, 123 East State Street, Kingman.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Kingman-Millcreek Public Library branch.
New in Millcreek 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 $1.03 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Millcreek Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $115K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $119K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $115K 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 308 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millcreek Township | Kingman-Millcreek Public Library fine-free | — | 32 | C+ |
| Van Buren Township | Veedersburg Public Library fine-free | — | 43 | A+ |
| Fulton Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Wabash Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Jackson Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Sugar Creek 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. Kingman-Millcreek Public Library serves 1,385 people in and around Millcreek Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Millcreek 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 Millcreek Township
Does Millcreek Township have a public library?
Yes. Kingman-Millcreek Public Library, 123 East State Street, serves 1,385 people in and around Millcreek Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Kingman-Millcreek 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 Millcreek Township’s library?
It logged 3.1 visits and lent 4.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Millcreek Township’s civic life grade?
C+ Millcreek Township is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Millcreek 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.