Photo: Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0Veedersburg’s library is a branch of Covington-Veedersburg Public Library, which lends more per resident than 75% of systems its size
Veedersburg’s library is the Veedersburg Public Library, a branch of Covington-Veedersburg Public Library, which serves 6,654 people and lent 58K items last year.
What stands out about Veedersburg Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Veedersburg’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Veedersburg is among the top 1% of U.S. towns. Veedersburg is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs put Veedersburg near the top nationally; 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 →
16 community nonprofits are registered in Veedersburg
8.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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.
15.4%
15.4% of Veedersburg’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 Veedersburg’s residents live; 2022.
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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Covington-Veedersburg Public Library serves 6,654 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 13 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Covington-Veedersburg Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
58K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
15,707 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Veedersburg Public Library, 408 North Main Street, Veedersburg.
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 Covington-Veedersburg Public Library branch.
New in Veedersburg? 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 $2.20 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Veedersburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $443K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $973K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $443K 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 2,013 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Veedersburg Public Library is one branch of Covington-Veedersburg Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 6,654 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 Veedersburg
Does Veedersburg have a public library?
Yes: Veedersburg Public Library, 408 North Main Street, is a branch of Covington-Veedersburg Public Library, which serves 6,654 people. The branch is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Covington-Veedersburg 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 Veedersburg’s library?
It logged 3.3 visits and lent 8.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Veedersburg’s civic life grade?
A+ Veedersburg is among the top 1% 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 Veedersburg.
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.