Tippecanoe Township’s library runs 81 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Monterey-Tippecanoe Township Public Library serves 994 people in and around Tippecanoe Township. Last year it lent 4,398 books, movies and e-books and logged 3,250 visits.
Tippecanoe Township’s library, in brief
More library cards than residents
1,365 cards for 994 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
A well-funded system
Monterey-Tippecanoe Township Public Library spends $150 per resident a year, about three times the typical $54 for a library its size. 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; Monterey-Tippecanoe Township Public Library serves 994 people in and around Tippecanoe Township, 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 Tippecanoe Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Tippecanoe Township is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns. Tippecanoe Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; library visits pull 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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Tippecanoe Township
5.4 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.5%
9.5% of Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe Township’s residents live; 2022.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Tippecanoe Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $150K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $73K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $150K 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 1,365 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Monterey-Tippecanoe Township Public Library serves 994 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Monterey-Tippecanoe Township Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
4,398 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,487 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
81 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Monterey-Tippecanoe Township Public Library, 6260 East Main Street, Monterey.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Monterey-Tippecanoe Township Public Library branch.
New in Tippecanoe Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tippecanoe Township | Monterey-Tippecanoe Township Public Library | — | 36 | B+ |
| Aubbeenaubbee Township | Aubbee Branch fine-free | — | 45 | A+ |
| Monroe Township | Pulaski County Public Library | — | 44 | A+ |
| Harrison Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| North Bend Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Franklin Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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. Monterey-Tippecanoe Township Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- System-wide. Monterey-Tippecanoe Township Public Library serves 994 people in and around Tippecanoe Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe Township
Does Tippecanoe Township have a public library?
Yes. Monterey-Tippecanoe Township Public Library, 6260 East Main Street, serves 994 people in and around Tippecanoe Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Monterey-Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe Township’s library?
It logged 3.3 visits and lent 4.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Tippecanoe Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Tippecanoe Township is ahead of 74% 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 Tippecanoe 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.