Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAmboy Township’s library lends 2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Evergreen Community Library serves 5,790 people in and around Amboy Township. Last year it lent 17K books, movies and e-books and logged 12K visits.
Amboy Township’s library, in brief
Ohio pays a big share
70% of the budget comes from the state, and 15% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
More library cards than residents
7,052 cards for 5,790 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, it’s 42%. 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; Evergreen Community Library serves 5,790 people in and around Amboy Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Amboy Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Amboy Township is ahead of 94% of U.S. towns. Amboy Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
10 community nonprofits are registered in Amboy Township
5.2 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
15.2%
15.2% of Amboy Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.5% in the typical Ohio 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 Amboy Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Evergreen Community Library serves 5,790 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Evergreen Community Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
17K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
5,648 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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.
Find it
Evergreen Community Library, 253 Maple St., Metamora.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Evergreen Community Library branch.
New in Amboy Township? 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 Amboy Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $366K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $299K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $366K 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 7,052 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amboy Township | Evergreen Community Library fine-free | — | 37 | A |
| Fulton Township | Swanton Public Library fine-free | — | 47 | A− |
| Royalton Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Ogden Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Richfield Township | None of its own | — | — | — too few inputs |
| Fairfield Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
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. Evergreen Community Library serves 5,790 people in and around Amboy Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Amboy Township.
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 Amboy Township
Does Amboy Township have a public library?
Yes. Evergreen Community Library, 253 Maple St., serves 5,790 people in and around Amboy Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 37 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Evergreen Community 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 Amboy Township’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 3.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Amboy Township’s civic life grade?
A Amboy Township is ahead of 94% 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 Amboy 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. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.