Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Clay Township’s library runs 69 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Gnadenhuttenp.L./Indian Valley School Dist. serves 3,142 people in and around Clay Township. Last year it lent 19K books, movies and e-books and logged 12K visits.
Clay Township’s library, in brief
Ohio pays a big share
57% of the budget comes from the state, and 41% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Programs draw a crowd
5,808 people came to the system’s 216 programs last year: 1.8 per resident, against a typical 0.5, more than at 94% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
74% of the 216 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.2 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 63% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 79% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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; Gnadenhuttenp.L./Indian Valley School Dist. serves 3,142 people in and around Clay Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Clay Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Clay Township is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. Clay 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 →
9 community nonprofits are registered in Clay Township
4.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
13.9%
13.9% of Clay 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 Clay Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 3 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 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Gnadenhuttenp.L./Indian Valley School Dist. serves 3,142 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 Gnadenhuttenp.L./Indian Valley School Dist. system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
19K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
3,412 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Gnadenhuttenp.L./Indian Valley School Dist., 160 N. Walnut St., Gnadenhutten.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Gnadenhuttenp.L./Indian Valley School Dist. branch.
New in Clay Township? 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 $1.83 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Clay Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $185K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $339K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $185K 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 764 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Township | Gnadenhuttenp.L./Indian Valley School Dist. fine-free | — | 42 | A− |
| Warwick Township | Tuscarawas Branch fine-free | — | 36 | B |
| Gnadenhutten | Gnadenhuttenp.L./Indian Valley School Dist. fine-free | — | 42 | A+ |
| Salem Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Rush Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| York Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Washington Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Jefferson 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. Gnadenhuttenp.L./Indian Valley School Dist. serves 3,142 people in and around Clay Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Clay 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 Clay Township
Does Clay Township have a public library?
Yes. Gnadenhuttenp.L./Indian Valley School Dist., 160 N. Walnut St., serves 3,142 people in and around Clay Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 42 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Gnadenhuttenp.L./Indian Valley School Dist. 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 Clay Township’s library?
It logged 3.8 visits and lent 6.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Clay Township’s civic life grade?
A− Clay Township is ahead of 85% 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 Clay 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.