Photo: Myotus · CC BY-SA 4.0Grove City’s library is a branch of Pioneerland Library System, which lends less per resident than 56% of systems its size
Grove City’s library is the Grove City Public Library, a branch of Pioneerland Library System, which serves 161,633 people and lent 561K items last year.
What Grove City’s library is like
Open only about 19 hours a week
The Grove City branch keeps short hours: about 19 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
The Pioneerland Library System ran 3,727 programs last year, about 72 a week. That’s 23 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 9. Kids & programs ↓
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; Grove City’s library is a branch of Pioneerland Library System, so they cover the whole system (161,633 people), not just the Grove City branch.
What’s behind Grove City’s civic life grade
Grove City 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 →
About 42 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 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Pioneerland Library System serves 161,633 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 11 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Pioneerland Library System system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
561K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
89,222 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Grove City Public Library, 210 Atlantic Avenue W, Grove City.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Pioneerland Library System branch.
New in Grove City? 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 $1.60 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Grove City cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $5.6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $8.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $5.6M budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 46,551 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City | Grove City Public Library | — | 19 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Acton Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Swede Grove 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. Grove City Public Library is one branch of Pioneerland Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 161,633 people it serves.
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 Grove City
Does Grove City have a public library?
Yes: Grove City Public Library, 210 Atlantic Avenue W, is a branch of Pioneerland Library System, which serves 161,633 people. The branch is open about 19 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Pioneerland Library System fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Grove City’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 3.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Grove City’s civic life grade?
Grove City 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 Grove City.
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.