Pleasant Township’s library lends 7.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Greenwood Public Library serves Pleasant Township’s 33,828 residents. Last year it lent 342K books, movies and e-books and logged 143K visits.
What stands out about Pleasant Township’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Pleasant Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Pleasant Township is ahead of 51% of U.S. towns, #324 of 571 in Indiana. Pleasant Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Pleasant 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 →
227 community nonprofits are registered in Pleasant Township
3.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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 (81 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 6 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.1%
8.1% of Pleasant 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 Pleasant Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 8 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Pleasant Township last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Greenwood Public Library serves 33,828 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 113 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
342K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 87K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.9 times last year, on average.
85,282 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
2 places to borrow in Pleasant Township
Greenwood Public Library, 310 South Meridian, Greenwood.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Pleasant Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Pleasant Township
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.17 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pleasant Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $5.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.4M 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 14,062 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Township | Greenwood Public Library fine-free | 10.1 | 58 | B− |
| Greenwood | Greenwood Public Library fine-free | 10.1 | 58 | B |
| Franklin Township | Franklin Branch fine-free | — | 65 | A− |
| Indianapolis | Indianapolis Public Library fine-free | — | 54 | B− |
| White River Township | White River Branch fine-free | — | 65 | C |
| Perry Township | Southport Branch Library fine-free | — | 55 | D |
| Franklin Township | Franklin Road Branch Library fine-free | — | 51 | C |
| Clark Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Pleasant Township
Does Pleasant Township have a public library?
Yes. Greenwood Public Library, 310 South Meridian, serves Pleasant Township’s 33,828 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 58 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Greenwood 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 Pleasant Township’s library?
It logged 4.2 visits and lent 10.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Pleasant Township’s civic life grade?
B− Pleasant Township is ahead of 51% of U.S. towns on civic life, #324 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 Pleasant 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.