Kingsville Township’s library runs 103 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Kingsville Public Library serves 6,372 people in and around Kingsville Township. Last year it lent 77K books, movies and e-books and logged 37K visits.
Kingsville Township’s library, in brief
Ohio pays a big share
42% of the budget comes from the state, and 42% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Kingsville Public Library ran 658 programs last year, about 13 a week. That’s 103 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34. People show up: 15,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
A system of heavy borrowers
Kingsville Public Library lends 9.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 89% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 90% of similar-size libraries. It’s 25% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
A well-funded system
Kingsville Public Library spends $102 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. What your card is worth ↓
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; Kingsville Public Library serves 6,372 people in and around Kingsville Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Kingsville Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Kingsville Township is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. Kingsville Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Kingsville Township’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($59K–$98K) 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.
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 →
6 community nonprofits are registered in Kingsville Township
3.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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.
6.6%
6.6% of Kingsville 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 Kingsville Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 4 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 all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Kingsville Public Library serves 6,372 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 30 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Kingsville Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
77K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
19,350 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Kingsville Public Library, 6006 Academy St., Kingsville.
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 Kingsville Public Library branch.
New in Kingsville 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 $2.04 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Kingsville Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $653K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $653K 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 3,669 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsville Township | Kingsville Public Library fine-free | — | 49 | C |
| Ashtabula Township | Ashtabula County District Library fine-free | — | 59 | — graded with its twin city |
| Kingsville | Kingsville Public Library fine-free | — | 49 | — under 1,000 residents |
| North Kingsville | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Edgewood | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Sheffield Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
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. Kingsville Public Library serves 6,372 people in and around Kingsville Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Kingsville 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 Kingsville Township
Does Kingsville Township have a public library?
Yes. Kingsville Public Library, 6006 Academy St., serves 6,372 people in and around Kingsville Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 49 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Kingsville Public 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 Kingsville Township’s library?
It logged 5.8 visits and lent 12.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Kingsville Township’s civic life grade?
C Kingsville Township is ahead of 32% 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 Kingsville 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.