Chinworth Bridge · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWayne Township’s library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Warsaw Community Public Library serves 30,252 people in and around Wayne Township. Last year it lent 578K books, movies and e-books and logged 109K visits.
The short version on Wayne Township’s library
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 55% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 96% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 6.8 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.2, higher than at 98% of similar-size libraries. It’s 36% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
A system of heavy borrowers
Warsaw Community Public Library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, more than 94% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
A well-funded system
Warsaw Community Public Library spends $100 per resident a year, about twice the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (92%) 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; Warsaw Community Public Library serves 30,252 people in and around Wayne Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Wayne Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Wayne Township is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns, #343 of 571 in Indiana. Wayne 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 →
142 community nonprofits are registered in Wayne Township
4.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (66 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 8 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
6.1%
6.1% of Wayne 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 Wayne Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 4 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 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Warsaw Community Public Library serves 30,252 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 232 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Warsaw Community Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
578K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
205,516 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Warsaw Community Public Library, 310 East Main Street, Warsaw.
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 Warsaw Community Public Library branch.
New in Wayne 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 $2.88 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Wayne Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $8.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3M 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 15,708 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | Warsaw Community Public Library fine-free | — | 48 | B− |
| Washington Township | Pierceton & Washington Township Public Library fine-free | — | 25 | C |
| Plain Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Harrison Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
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. Warsaw Community Public Library serves 30,252 people in and around Wayne Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Wayne 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 Wayne Township
Does Wayne Township have a public library?
Yes. Warsaw Community Public Library, 310 East Main Street, serves 30,252 people in and around Wayne Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 48 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Warsaw Community 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 Wayne Township’s library?
It logged 3.6 visits and lent 19.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Wayne Township’s civic life grade?
B− Wayne Township is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns on civic life, #343 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 Wayne 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.