Pike Township’s library runs 13 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library serves 3,193 people in and around Pike Township. Last year it lent 7,930 books, movies and e-books and logged 5,980 visits.
Pike Township’s library, in brief
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on six. 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; West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library serves 3,193 people in and around Pike Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Pike Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Pike Township is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns. Pike Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Pike Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($66K–$110K) 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 Pike Township
3.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (0 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.7%
7.7% of Pike 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 Pike Township’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library serves 3,193 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
7,930 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,746 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
43 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
West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library, 200 North High Street, West Lebanon.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library branch.
New in Pike 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 $1.18 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pike Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $105K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $124K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $105K 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Township | West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library | — | 39 | C+ |
| Washington Township | Williamsport-Washington Township Public Library | — | 47 | C− |
| Troy Township | Covington-Veedersburg Public Library fine-free | — | 43 | A |
| Steuben Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Shawnee Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Jordan 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. West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library serves 3,193 people in and around Pike Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Pike 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 Pike Township
Does Pike Township have a public library?
Yes. West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library, 200 North High Street, serves 3,193 people in and around Pike Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 39 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is West Lebanon-Pike 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 Pike Township’s library?
It logged 1.9 visits and lent 2.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Pike Township’s civic life grade?
C+ Pike Township is ahead of 43% 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 Pike 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.