Photo: W.marsh · CC BY-SA 3.0Warsaw’s library lends 2.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Gallatin County Public Library District serves 8,792 people in and around Warsaw. Last year it lent 20K books, movies and e-books and logged 28K visits.
What stands out about Gallatin County Public Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Warsaw’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Warsaw is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. Warsaw is graded on two of the three inputs. Warsaw’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($46K–$76K) 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 →
8 community nonprofits are registered in Warsaw
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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.6%
5.6% of Warsaw’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 6.6% in the typical Kentucky 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 Warsaw’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.
Gallatin County Public Library District serves 8,792 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 Gallatin County Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
20K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
688 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
Gallatin County Public Library District, 209 West Market Street, Warsaw.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Gallatin County Public Library District branch.
New in Warsaw? 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 Warsaw cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $583K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $418K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $583K 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 3,418 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Gallatin County Public Library District serves 8,792 people in and around Warsaw, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Warsaw.
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 Warsaw
Does Warsaw have a public library?
Yes. Gallatin County Public Library District, 209 West Market Street, serves 8,792 people in and around Warsaw (the survey’s count) and is open about 53 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Gallatin County Public Library District 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 Warsaw’s library?
It logged 3.2 visits and lent 2.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Warsaw’s civic life grade?
C Warsaw is ahead of 31% 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 Warsaw.
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.