Photo: Nyttend · Public domainRobb Township’s library logs 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Poseyville Carnegie Public Library serves 8,441 people in and around Robb Township. Last year it lent 18K print books and media and logged 5,898 visits.
What Robb Township’s library is like
Programs are almost all for children
91% of the 170 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.1 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Poseyville Carnegie Public Library sits below the middle on all six per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on four. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 15% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 64% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 57% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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; Poseyville Carnegie Public Library serves 8,441 people in and around Robb Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Robb Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Robb Township is ahead of 94% of U.S. towns. Robb Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
10 community nonprofits are registered in Robb Township
5.0 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
24.3%
24.3% of Robb 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 Robb Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Poseyville Carnegie Public Library serves 8,441 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Poseyville Carnegie Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
18K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
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
Poseyville Carnegie Public Library, 55 South Cale Street, Poseyville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Poseyville Carnegie Public Library branch.
New in Robb Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Robb Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $414K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $274K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $414K 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 1,253 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Township | New Harmony Workingmen's Institute | 1.8 | 44 | A+ |
| Robb Township | Poseyville Carnegie Public Library | — | 44 | A |
| Montgomery Township | Owensville Carnegie Public Library fine-free | — | 43 | B+ |
| Bethel Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Phillips Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Center Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Smith Township | None of its own | — | — | A+ |
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.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Poseyville Carnegie Public Library serves 8,441 people in and around Robb Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Robb 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 Robb Township
Does Robb Township have a public library?
Yes. Poseyville Carnegie Public Library, 55 South Cale Street, serves 8,441 people in and around Robb Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 44 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Poseyville Carnegie 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 Robb Township’s library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 2.1 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Robb Township’s civic life grade?
A Robb Township is ahead of 94% 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 Robb 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.