Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Hartville’s library is a branch of Wright County Library, which lends less per resident than 69% of systems its size
Hartville’s library is the Hartville Branch, a branch of Wright County Library, which serves 18,188 people and lent 54K items last year.
The short version on Hartville’s library
Programs are almost all for children
98% of the 52 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 39 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, the Wright County Library system sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on five. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Wright County Library system offered 52 programs last year, 2.9 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. 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; Hartville’s library is a branch of Wright County Library, so they cover the whole system (18,188 people), not just the Hartville branch.
What’s behind Hartville’s civic life grade
Hartville 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Wright County Library serves 18,188 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Wright County Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
54K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
7,939 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
52 programs a year
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
Hartville Branch, 160 East Marshfield, Hartville.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Wright County Library branch.
New in Hartville? 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 $2.41 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hartville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $340K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $821K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $340K 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 4,998 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Hartville Branch is one branch of Wright County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 18,188 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 Hartville
Does Hartville have a public library?
Yes: Hartville Branch, 160 East Marshfield, is a branch of Wright County Library, which serves 18,188 people. The branch is open about 31 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Wright County Library 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 Hartville’s library?
It logged 1.4 visits and lent 3.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Hartville’s civic life grade?
Hartville 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 Hartville.
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.