Photo: Nyttend · Public domainKinsman Township’s library lends 14 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Kinsman Free Public Library serves 5,957 people in and around Kinsman Township. Last year it lent 115K books, movies and e-books and logged 45K visits.
Kinsman Township’s library, in brief
Ohio pays a big share
68% of the budget comes from the state, and 24% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
One of the busiest library systems its size
Kinsman Free Public Library logs 7.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 14 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 88% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 4.8 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 96% of similar-size libraries. It’s 25% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 38% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 93% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Kinsman Free Public Library spends $113 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; Kinsman Free Public Library serves 5,957 people in and around Kinsman Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Kinsman Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Kinsman Township is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns. Kinsman Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Kinsman Township’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
18 community nonprofits are registered in Kinsman Township
11.0 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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.2%
8.2% of Kinsman 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 Kinsman Township’s residents live; 2022.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
115K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
28,435 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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.
Kinsman Free Public Library serves 5,957 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 50 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Kinsman Free Public Library system. The library’s own count.
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
Kinsman Free Public Library, 6420 Church St., Kinsman.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Kinsman Free Public Library branch.
New in Kinsman 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 $2.66 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Kinsman Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $675K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $675K 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 3,259 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinsman Township | Kinsman Free Public Library | — | 44 | A |
| Gustavus Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Greene Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Vernon Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Williamsfield Township | None of its own | — | — | A+ |
| West Salem 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. Kinsman Free Public Library serves 5,957 people in and around Kinsman Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Kinsman 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 Kinsman Township
Does Kinsman Township have a public library?
Yes. Kinsman Free Public Library, 6420 Church St., serves 5,957 people in and around Kinsman Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 44 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Kinsman Free Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Kinsman Township’s library?
It logged 7.5 visits and lent 19.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Kinsman Township’s civic life grade?
A Kinsman Township is ahead of 88% 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 Kinsman 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.