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Cridersville Public Library · part of Auglaize County Public District Library

Cridersville’s library is a branch of Auglaize County Public District Library, which lends more per resident than 65% of systems its size

Cridersville’s library is the Cridersville Public Library, a branch of Auglaize County Public District Library, which serves 32,752 people and lent 243K items last year.

116 W. Main St., Cridersville 45806 · about 26 hours a week
C+Civic lifeAhead of 39% of U.S. towns. Nonprofits and volunteering.
Directions (419) 645-5447 What’s a card worth?
Borrowed a year
243K
7.4 per resident
Visits a year
125K
3.8 per resident · Above typical (2.6)
Programs & events
1,665
about 32 a week · 26K attended
Cardholders
71%
23,395 cards
Open
26 hrs
a week at this branch
In brief

What Cridersville’s library is like

Ohio pays a big share

86% of the budget comes from the state, and 0% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓

Four times the programs of a typical library its size

The Auglaize County Public District Library system ran 1,665 programs last year, about 32 a week. That’s 51 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. People show up: 26,000 attended. 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; Cridersville’s library is a branch of Auglaize County Public District Library, so they cover the whole system (32,752 people), not just the Cridersville branch.

Civic life grade

What’s behind Cridersville’s civic life grade

On community nonprofits and volunteering, Cridersville is ahead of 39% of U.S. towns. Cridersville is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.

C+
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Cridersville’s overall grade.
–Library visitsServed by a county or regional system, so there is no town figureC+Community nonprofits3.5 per 1,000 residents · OH towns 3.9 · U.S. 3.7B−Volunteering7.2% of adults 25–44 · OH towns 8.5% · U.S. 7.5%
All U.S. towns we grade (17,556)Ahead of 39%
FewerMore
U.S. towns with similar incomes, $41K–$69K (6,421)Ahead of 37%

Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($41K–$69K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.

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.

How sure. Graded on two inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. Cridersville is small (1,767 residents), so a few dozen organizations or visits move its per-resident figures; the volunteering share is a 2022 estimate from Facebook users aged 25–44.

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 →

Places to belong

6 community nonprofits are registered in Cridersville

3.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.

Community nonprofits, by kind

Arts & culture00.11 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.24
Youth, sports & recreation10.78 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.52
Civic groups, clubs & veterans20.89 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.74
Human services10.44 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.59
Education00.28 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.43
Health00.17 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.16
Environment & animals00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.17
Other10.78 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.47

Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.

Volunteering

7.2%

7.2% of Cridersville’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 Cridersville’s residents live; 2022.

★ What stands out · Kids & programs

About 13 kids’ programs a week

Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.

Schools in Cridersville →

Programs last year by age group

Ages 0–5410
Ages 6–11272
Teens107
Adults724
All ages152
Little ones
7.9

story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.

35
kids’ books & media borrowed
26K
people at programs
1,665
programs
How it compares

Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures

Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.

Visits per resident 3.8 visits · typical 2.6Higher than 73%
Borrowing per resident 5.3 print items · typical 3.7Higher than 65%
Digital borrowing 2.1 e-items · typical 1.2Higher than 74%
Kids’ borrowing 0 kids’ items · typical 1.7Bottom 10%
Program attendance 0.8 attendees · typical 0.3Top 10%
Programs offered 50.8 per 1,000 residents · typical 14Top 10%
Cardholders 71% of residents · typical 39%Higher than 87%
Spending $42 per resident · typical $40Higher than 53%
Fewer per residentMore per resident
Size group

Auglaize County Public District Library serves 32,752 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.

A year at the library

Every hour the doors are open, about 25 items go out

Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Auglaize County Public District Library system. The library’s own count.

125K
visits
3.8 per resident
243K
loans, print + digital
7.4 per resident
1,665
programs & events
26K attended
23K
library cards
71% of people served
Every open hour25items borrowed
Every week497people at a program
Every week2,400visits
17 staff (full-time equivalent)22 public computers
What people borrow

Mostly books and media off the shelf

243K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.

243Kloans
Books & media (adults) 72%Kids’ books & media 0%E-books, audio & streaming 28%
From your couch

67,825 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.

The building

Find it

Cridersville Public Library, 116 W. Main St., Cridersville.

Directions(419) 645-5447
26
hours open a week
1,200
square feet
With a card

No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Auglaize County Public District Library branch.

New in Cridersville? The Handbook →

Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.

What your card is worth

For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $3.08 worth

Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Cridersville cardholder borrows.

In a month I’d use…
Books$17 each
1
Kids’ books$12 each
0
E-books & audio$15 each
0
Movies & music$4 each
0
Programs & classes$10 a program
0
Computer & Wi-Fi$3 a session
0
Your card saves you about
$204
a year at retail prices · $17 a month

Who pays for it
$42 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.4M.

State 86%Gifts & other 14%

Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.4M 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 23,395 cardholders ÷ 12.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.

  • System-wide. Cridersville Public Library is one branch of Auglaize County Public District Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 32,752 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 Cridersville

Does Cridersville have a public library?

Yes: Cridersville Public Library, 116 W. Main St., is a branch of Auglaize County Public District Library, which serves 32,752 people. The branch is open about 26 hours a week, averaged over the year.

Is Auglaize County Public District 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 Cridersville’s library?

It logged 3.8 visits and lent 7.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.

What is Cridersville’s civic life grade?

C+ Cridersville is ahead of 39% 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.

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Reading, story times and the library in Cridersville.

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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.