Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainArcadia Township’s library runs 5.3 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Arcadia Township Library serves Arcadia Township’s 380 residents. Last year it lent 1,881 books, movies and e-books and logged 765 visits.
What Arcadia Township’s library is like
Open only about 15 hours a week
Arcadia Township Library keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
A small-town library
Arcadia Township Library serves 380 residents with about one full-time staff. 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 ↓
The library is a National Register landmark
Arcadia Township Carnegie Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2020. Today’s library there has 5,552 square feet. The building ↓
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 Arcadia Township’s civic life grade
Arcadia 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 →
A National Register landmark since 2020
Arcadia Township Library, 100 South Reynolds, Arcadia.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Arcadia Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Arcadia Township Carnegie Library
Arcadia Township Carnegie Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Mar 13, 2020. It is significant for its education at the local level. It was listed as part of Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska MPS.
More about the building →Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Arcadia Township Library serves 380 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,881 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 8,427 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
599 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
2 programs a year
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.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.28 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Arcadia Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $24K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $31K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $24K 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 210 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia Township | Arcadia Township Library fine-free | 5.0 | 15 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Spring Creek Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Myrtle 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Arcadia Township Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Arcadia Township
Does Arcadia Township have a public library?
Yes. Arcadia Township Library, 100 South Reynolds, serves Arcadia Township’s 380 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Arcadia Township 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 Arcadia Township’s library?
It logged 2.0 visits and lent 5.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Arcadia Township’s civic life grade?
Arcadia 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 Arcadia 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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.