Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainEwing’s library logs 1.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Ewing Township Library serves Ewing’s 376 residents. Last year it lent 680 books, movies and e-books and logged 680 visits.
Ewing’s library, in brief
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, Ewing Township Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on seven. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Ewing Township Library offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 11 hours a week
Ewing Township Library keeps short hours: about 11 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
A small-town library
Ewing Township Library serves 376 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 ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 7% of the people Ewing Township Library serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
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 Ewing’s civic life grade
Ewing 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 under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Ewing Township Library serves 376 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
680 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 2,679 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
What kids borrow
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Ewing last year.
Find it
Ewing Township Library, 202 East Nebraska, Ewing.
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 Ewing cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $14K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $11K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $14K 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 26 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Ewing
Does Ewing have a public library?
Yes. Ewing Township Library, 202 East Nebraska, serves Ewing’s 376 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 11 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Ewing Township Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Ewing’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 1.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Ewing’s civic life grade?
Ewing 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 Ewing.
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.