Wayne Township’s library logs 1.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
North Judson-Wayne Township Public Library serves 4,609 people in and around Wayne Township. Last year it lent 18K books, movies and e-books and logged 8,404 visits.
What stands out about North Judson-Wayne Township Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Wayne Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Wayne Township is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns, #383 of 571 in Indiana. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($45K–$75K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
15 community nonprofits are registered in Wayne Township
3.3 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 (5 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
10.3%
10.3% 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
North Judson-Wayne Township Public Library serves 4,609 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole North Judson-Wayne Township Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
18K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
6,461 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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
North Judson-Wayne Township Public Library, 208 Keller Avenue, North Judson.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every North Judson-Wayne Township 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 $1.12 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: $43. Operating budget $262K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $293K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $262K 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 2,173 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 | North Judson-Wayne Township Public Library fine-free | — | 49 | C+ |
| Railroad Township | San Pierre Branch fine-free | — | 28 | B |
| Rich Grove Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| California Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Jackson 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.
- System-wide. North Judson-Wayne Township Public Library serves 4,609 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. North Judson-Wayne Township Public Library, 208 Keller Avenue, serves 4,609 people in and around Wayne Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 49 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is North Judson-Wayne Township 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 1.8 visits and lent 3.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Wayne Township’s civic life grade?
C+ Wayne Township is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns on civic life, #383 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.