Stockdale Mill · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPaw Paw Township’s library logs 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library serves 1,542 people in and around Paw Paw Township. Last year it lent 2,557 books, movies and e-books and logged 936 visits.
Paw Paw Township’s library, in brief
Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library records 0.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. How it compares ↓
The branch is a National Register landmark
Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2002. Today’s library there has 5,500 square feet. The building ↓
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; Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library serves 1,542 people in and around Paw Paw Township, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Paw Paw Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Paw Paw Township is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
Paw Paw Township’s 2024 visits are an estimate from one typical week (the survey’s method for libraries that don’t count every visit).
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($51K–$85K) 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 →
4 community nonprofits are registered in Paw Paw Township
2.3 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.
6.7%
6.7% of Paw Paw 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 Paw Paw Township’s residents live; 2022.
A National Register landmark since 2002
Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library, 240 South Chippewa Road, Roann.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library branch.
New in Paw Paw Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library
Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Dec 20, 2002. It is significant for its architecture and education at the local level. Its architecture is described as 19th and 20th Century American Movements and Bungalow/Craftsman.
Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Roann, Indiana. It was built in 1916, and is a one-story, rectangular, American Craftsman style brick building over a semi-recessed basement. It has a hipped roof of clay tile and wooden eave brackets. The building feature two enclosed entries and limestone detailing.
More about the building →Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library serves 1,542 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
2,557 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
28 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.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Paw Paw Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $89K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $44K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $89K 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 1,296 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Township | Wabash Carnegie Public Library | 11.2 | 60 | B+ |
| Paw Paw Township | Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library | — | 36 | D |
| Pleasant Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Perry 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- System-wide. Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library serves 1,542 people in and around Paw Paw Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Paw Paw 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 Paw Paw Township
Does Paw Paw Township have a public library?
Yes. Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library, 240 South Chippewa Road, serves 1,542 people in and around Paw Paw Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Roann-Paw Paw 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 Paw Paw Township’s library?
It logged 0.6 visits and lent 1.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Paw Paw Township’s civic life grade?
D Paw Paw Township is ahead of 10% 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 Paw Paw 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. 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.