Pomona Township’s library runs 270 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Pomona Community Library serves 890 people in and around Pomona Township. Last year it lent 2,352 books, movies and e-books and logged 3,580 visits.
Pomona Township’s library, in brief
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Pomona Community Library ran 240 programs last year, about 5 a week. That’s 270 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Programs are almost all for children
87% of the 240 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 0 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
A small-town library
Pomona Community Library serves 890 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 38 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Kansas pays a big share
30% of the budget comes from the state, and 70% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 71% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 59% of similar-size libraries. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Pomona Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Pomona Township is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns. Pomona Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Pomona Township’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
2 community nonprofits are registered in Pomona Township
1.9 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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.
13.6%
13.6% of Pomona Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.7% in the typical Kansas 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 Pomona Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 4 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Pomona Community Library serves 890 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
2,352 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 9,301 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
108 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Pomona Community Library, 115 E. Franklin St., Pomona.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Pomona Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pomona Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $86K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $48K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $86K 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 466 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomona Township | Pomona Community Library fine-free | 2.6 | 38 | B |
| Greenwood Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Appanoose Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Agency Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Junction Township | None of its own | — | — | — too few inputs |
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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Pomona Township
Does Pomona Township have a public library?
Yes. Pomona Community Library, 115 E. Franklin St., serves 890 people in and around Pomona Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Pomona Community 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 Pomona Township’s library?
It logged 4.0 visits and lent 2.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Pomona Township’s civic life grade?
B Pomona Township is ahead of 55% 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 Pomona 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.