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Russiaville Branch Library · part of Kokomo-Howard County Public Library

Russiaville’s library is a branch of Kokomo-Howard County Public Library, which lends more per resident than 73% of systems its size

Russiaville’s library is the Russiaville Branch Library, a branch of Kokomo-Howard County Public Library, which serves 77,304 people and lent 702K items last year.

315 Mesa Drive, Russiaville 46979 · about 54 hours a week
B+Civic lifeAhead of 66% of U.S. towns. Nonprofits and volunteering.
Directions (765) 883-5112 What’s a card worth?
Borrowed a year
702K
9.1 per resident
Visits a year
343K
4.4 per resident · Above typical (2.6)
Programs & events
1,313
about 25 a week · 38K attended
Cardholders
43%
33,130 cards
Open
54 hrs
a week at this branch
In brief

Russiaville’s library, in brief

Big on e-books and audiobooks

Digital borrowing runs 2.8 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.2, higher than at 85% of similar-size libraries. It’s 31% of all loans. What people borrow ↓

A well-funded system

The Kokomo-Howard County Public Library system spends $88 per resident a year, about twice the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (94%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓

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; Russiaville’s library is a branch of Kokomo-Howard County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (77,304 people), not just the Russiaville branch.

Civic life grade

What’s behind Russiaville’s civic life grade

On community nonprofits and volunteering, Russiaville is ahead of 66% of U.S. towns. Russiaville 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.

B+
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Russiaville’s overall grade.
–Library visitsServed by a county or regional system, so there is no town figureB−Community nonprofits3.7 per 1,000 residents · IN towns 3.6 · U.S. 3.7B+Volunteering9.3% of adults 25–44 · IN towns 9.1% · U.S. 7.5%
All U.S. towns we grade (17,556)Ahead of 66%
FewerMore
U.S. towns with similar incomes, $63K–$106K (8,816)Ahead of 67%

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.

How sure. Graded on two inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. Russiaville is small (1,312 residents), so a few dozen organizations or visits move its per-resident figures; the volunteering share is a 2022 estimate from Facebook users aged 25–44.

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 →

Places to belong

5 community nonprofits are registered in Russiaville

3.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.

Community nonprofits, by kind

Arts & culture10.76 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.24
Youth, sports & recreation21.11 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.52
Civic groups, clubs & veterans21.11 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.74
Human services00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.59
Education00.21 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.43
Health00.21 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.16
Environment & animals00.35 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.17

Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (0 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.

Volunteering

9.3%

9.3% of Russiaville’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 Russiaville’s residents live; 2022.

★ What stands out · What people borrow

Almost half the print loans are kids’ books

702K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.

702Kloans
Books & media (adults) 38%Kids’ books & media 31%E-books, audio & streaming 31%
From your couch

216,623 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.

How it compares

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.

Visits per resident 4.4 visits · typical 2.6Higher than 81%
Borrowing per resident 6.3 print items · typical 3.7Higher than 73%
Digital borrowing 2.8 e-items · typical 1.2Higher than 85%
Kids’ borrowing 2.8 kids’ items · typical 1.7Higher than 72%
Program attendance 0.5 attendees · typical 0.3Higher than 72%
Programs offered 17 per 1,000 residents · typical 14Higher than 60%
Cardholders 43% of residents · typical 39%Higher than 57%
Spending $88 per resident · typical $40Higher than 87%
Fewer per residentMore per resident
Size group

Kokomo-Howard County Public Library serves 77,304 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.

A year at the library

Every hour the doors are open, about 64 items go out

Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Kokomo-Howard County Public Library system. The library’s own count.

343K
visits
4.4 per resident
702K
loans, print + digital
9.1 per resident
1,313
programs & events
38K attended
33K
library cards
43% of people served
Every open hour64items borrowed
Every week739people at a program
Every day1,063Wi-Fi sessions
74 staff (full-time equivalent)34 public computers
Kids & programs

About 9 kids’ programs a week

Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.

Schools in Russiaville →

Programs last year by age group

Ages 0–5331
Ages 6–11160
Teens147
Adults342
All ages333
Little ones
6.4

story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.

216K
kids’ books & media borrowed
38K
people at programs
1,313
programs
The building

Find it

Russiaville Branch Library, 315 Mesa Drive, Russiaville.

Directions(765) 883-5112
54
hours open a week
3,642
square feet
With a card

No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Kokomo-Howard County Public Library branch.

New in Russiaville? The Handbook →

Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.

What your card is worth

For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.75 worth

Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Russiaville cardholder borrows.

In a month I’d use…
Books$17 each
1
Kids’ books$12 each
1
E-books & audio$15 each
1
Movies & music$4 each
0
Programs & classes$10 a program
0
Computer & Wi-Fi$3 a session
1
Your card saves you about
$564
a year at retail prices · $47 a month

Who pays for it
$88 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $6.8M.

Local taxes 94%State 3%Gifts & other 3%

Last year the library lent and hosted about $12M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $6.8M 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 33,130 cardholders ÷ 12.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.

  • System-wide. Russiaville Branch Library is one branch of Kokomo-Howard County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 77,304 people it serves.

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 Russiaville

Does Russiaville have a public library?

Yes: Russiaville Branch Library, 315 Mesa Drive, is a branch of Kokomo-Howard County Public Library, which serves 77,304 people. The branch is open about 54 hours a week, averaged over the year.

Is Kokomo-Howard County 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 Russiaville’s library?

It logged 4.4 visits and lent 9.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.

What is Russiaville’s civic life grade?

B+ Russiaville is ahead of 66% 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 Russiaville.

Town Square →
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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.