Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0Vermillion Township’s library logs 11 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Frankfort City Library serves 717 people in and around Vermillion Township. Last year it lent 9,168 books, movies and e-books and logged 7,776 visits.
The short version on Vermillion Township’s library
More library cards than residents
755 cards for 717 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 62% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 91% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Vermillion Township uses its library more than almost any town its size
Frankfort City Library logs 11 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 9.5 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 85% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Frankfort City Library serves 717 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 40 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 ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3.3 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 89% of similar-size libraries. It’s 26% of all loans. 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 Vermillion Township’s civic life grade
Vermillion Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Frankfort City Library serves 717 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
9,168 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 17K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
2,368 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, 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
Frankfort City Library, 104 E. Second St., Frankfort.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Vermillion 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 $2.33 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Vermillion Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $66K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $153K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $66K 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 755 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Township | Vermillion Public Library fine-free | 20.2 | 13 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Vermillion Township | Frankfort City Library fine-free | 12.8 | 40 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Clear Fork Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Rock Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Wells 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.
- 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 Vermillion Township
Does Vermillion Township have a public library?
Yes. Frankfort City Library, 104 E. Second St., serves 717 people in and around Vermillion Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Frankfort City 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 Vermillion Township’s library?
It logged 10.8 visits and lent 12.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Vermillion Township’s civic life grade?
Vermillion Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Vermillion 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.