Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMonon Township’s library lends 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Monon Town & Township Public Library serves 6,538 people in and around Monon Township. Last year it lent 12K books, movies and e-books and logged 9,299 visits.
What Monon Township’s library is like
Monon Town & Township Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Monon Town & Township Public Library records 1.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 10% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
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; Monon Town & Township Public Library serves 6,538 people in and around Monon Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Monon Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Monon Township is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns, #192 of 571 in Indiana. Monon Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Monon Township’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
16 community nonprofits are registered in Monon Township
4.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: environment & animals.
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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.1%
8.1% of Monon 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 Monon Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Monon Town & Township Public Library serves 6,538 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 Monon Town & Township Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
12K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
4,471 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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.
Find it
Monon Town & Township Public Library, 427 North Market Street, Monon.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Monon Town & Township Public Library branch.
New in Monon Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Monon Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $303K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $199K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $303K 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 651 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monon Township | Monon Town & Township Public Library fine-free | — | 44 | B+ |
| Princeton Township | Wolcott Community Public Library | — | 32 | A+ |
| Union Township | Monticello-Union Township Public Library fine-free | — | 57 | A |
| Liberty Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Honey Creek Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Hanging Grove Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Milroy 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. Monon Town & Township Public Library serves 6,538 people in and around Monon Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Monon 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 Monon Township
Does Monon Township have a public library?
Yes. Monon Town & Township Public Library, 427 North Market Street, serves 6,538 people in and around Monon Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 44 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Monon Town & 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 Monon Township’s library?
It logged 1.4 visits and lent 1.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Monon Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Monon Township is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns on civic life, #192 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 Monon 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.