Vienna Township’s library logs 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Scott County Public Library serves 24,384 people in and around Vienna Township. Last year it lent 66K books, movies and e-books and logged 28K visits.
The short version on Vienna Township’s library
Scott County Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Scott County Public Library records 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people. Borrowing is 1.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Scott County Public Library offered 135 programs last year, 5.5 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
77% of the 135 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 16% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 40% for its size. How it compares ↓
42% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 42% of loans. Print still makes up 58%, much of it kids’ books. 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; Scott County Public Library serves 24,384 people in and around Vienna Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Vienna Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Vienna Township is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns, #336 of 571 in Indiana. Vienna Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Vienna Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls 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 →
42 community nonprofits are registered in Vienna Township
4.0 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 (15 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.3%
7.3% of Vienna 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 Vienna Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Scott County Public Library serves 24,384 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 14 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Scott County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
42% of borrowing is digital
66K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
27,660 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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
Scott County Public Library, 108 South Main Street, Scottsburg.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Scott County Public Library branch.
New in Vienna Township? 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 $1.22 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Vienna Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $811K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $986K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $811K 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 3,972 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna Township | Scott County Public Library | — | 50 | B− |
| Jennings Township | Austin Branch Library | — | 21 | C− |
| Lexington Township | Lexington Branch Library | — | 21 | B |
| Monroe Township | Henryville Branch fine-free | — | 47 | C+ |
| Austin | Austin Branch Library | — | 21 | C+ |
| Finley Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Johnson Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
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.
- System-wide. Scott County Public Library serves 24,384 people in and around Vienna Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Vienna 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 Vienna Township
Does Vienna Township have a public library?
Yes. Scott County Public Library, 108 South Main Street, serves 24,384 people in and around Vienna Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 50 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Scott County 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 Vienna Township’s library?
It logged 1.2 visits and lent 2.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Vienna Township’s civic life grade?
B− Vienna Township is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns on civic life, #336 of 571 in Indiana. 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 Vienna 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.