Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Roann’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 Roann. Last year it lent 2,557 books, movies and e-books and logged 936 visits.
Roann’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 Roann, 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 Roann’s civic life grade
Roann isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
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 Roann? 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 Roann 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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library serves 1,542 people in and around Roann, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Roann.
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 Roann
Does Roann have a public library?
Yes. Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library, 240 South Chippewa Road, serves 1,542 people in and around Roann (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 Roann’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 Roann’s civic life grade?
Roann isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Roann.
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.