Pipe Creek Township’s library logs 4.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
North Madison County Public Library System serves 18,940 people in and around Pipe Creek Township from 2 locations. Last year it lent 105K books, movies and e-books and logged 83K visits.
What stands out about North Madison County Public Library System
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Pipe Creek Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Pipe Creek Township is ahead of 71% of U.S. towns, #185 of 571 in Indiana. Pipe Creek Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Pipe Creek 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 →
42 community nonprofits are registered in Pipe Creek Township
3.5 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 (25 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
10.6%
10.6% of Pipe Creek 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 Pipe Creek Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
North Madison County Public Library System serves 18,940 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 13 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole North Madison County Public Library System system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
105K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
21,754 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 4 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.
2 places to borrow in Pipe Creek Township
North Madison County Public Library System, 1600 Main Street, Elwood.
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 North Madison County Public Library System branch.
New in Pipe Creek Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other North Madison County Public Library System branches in Pipe Creek Township
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.47 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pipe Creek Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.2M 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 4,575 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipe Creek Township | North Madison County Public Library System fine-free | — | 53 | B+ |
| Monroe Township | Alexandria-Monroe Public Library fine-free | — | 58 | B |
| Madison Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Duck Creek Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Jackson Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Boone 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. North Madison County Public Library System serves 18,940 people in and around Pipe Creek Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Pipe Creek 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 Pipe Creek Township
Does Pipe Creek Township have a public library?
Yes. North Madison County Public Library System, 1600 Main Street, serves 18,940 people in and around Pipe Creek Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 53 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is North Madison County Public Library System 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 Pipe Creek Township’s library?
It logged 4.4 visits and lent 5.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Pipe Creek Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Pipe Creek Township is ahead of 71% of U.S. towns on civic life, #185 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 Pipe Creek 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.