Fox Lake (Boundary Increase) · Photo: MrHarman · CC BY-SA 3.0Pleasant Township’s library logs 8.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County serves 15,134 people in and around Pleasant Township. Last year it lent 114K books, movies and e-books and logged 123K visits.
Pleasant Township’s library, in brief
Visits are the system’s strong suit
Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County logs 8.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, more than 93% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 5.2 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
59% of the 478 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 159 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
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; Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County serves 15,134 people in and around Pleasant Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Pleasant Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Pleasant Township is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns, #157 of 571 in Indiana. Library visits hold the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups 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 →
83 community nonprofits are registered in Pleasant Township
5.7 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 (20 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.5%
6.5% 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.
Every hour the doors are open, about 41 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County serves 15,134 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
114K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
35,053 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 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.
Find it
Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County, 322 South Wayne Street, Angola.
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 Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County branch.
New in Pleasant 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 $2.59 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: $43. Operating budget $969K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $969K 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 3,888 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 | Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County fine-free | — | 54 | A− |
| Jamestown Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Jackson Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Steuben Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Scott Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
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. Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- System-wide. Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County serves 15,134 people in and around Pleasant Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Pleasant 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 Pleasant Township
Does Pleasant Township have a public library?
Yes. Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County, 322 South Wayne Street, serves 15,134 people in and around Pleasant Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 54 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County 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 8.1 visits and lent 7.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Pleasant Township’s civic life grade?
A− Pleasant Township is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns on civic life, #157 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.