Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOhio Township’s library logs 4.7 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Newburgh Chandler Public Library serves 41,238 people in and around Ohio Township from 3 locations. Last year it lent 343K books, movies and e-books and logged 195K visits.
The short version on Ohio Township’s library
Open about 64 hours a week
The Ohio Township branch is open about 64 hours a week, averaged over the year. The buildings ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 59% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 80% 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; Newburgh Chandler Public Library serves 41,238 people in and around Ohio Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Ohio Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Ohio Township is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns, #169 of 571 in Indiana. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Ohio 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 →
144 community nonprofits are registered in Ohio Township
3.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (40 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
10.9%
10.9% of Ohio 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 Ohio Township’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 47 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Newburgh Chandler Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Newburgh Chandler Public Library serves 41,238 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
343K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
99,284 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 6 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.
3 places to borrow in Ohio Township
Newburgh Chandler Public Library, 4111 Lakeshore Drive, Newburgh.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Newburgh Chandler Public Library branch.
New in Ohio Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Newburgh Chandler Public Library branches in Ohio Township
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.92 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Ohio Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.6M 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 14,047 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Township | Newburgh Chandler Public Library fine-free | — | 64 | B+ |
| Newburgh | Newburgh Library fine-free | — | 36 | A+ |
| Boon Township | Boonville-Warrick County Public Library | — | 52 | B+ |
| Knight Township | Mccollough Branch Library fine-free | — | 61 | B− |
| Evansville | Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library fine-free | — | 65 | B+ |
| Campbell Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Anderson 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.
- System-wide. Newburgh Chandler Public Library serves 41,238 people in and around Ohio Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Ohio 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 Ohio Township
Does Ohio Township have a public library?
Yes. Newburgh Chandler Public Library, 4111 Lakeshore Drive, serves 41,238 people in and around Ohio Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 64 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Newburgh Chandler 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 Ohio Township’s library?
It logged 4.7 visits and lent 8.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Ohio Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Ohio Township is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns on civic life, #169 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 Ohio 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.