Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLemon Township’s library is a branch of Midpointe Library System, which lends more per resident than 87% of systems its size
Lemon Township’s library is the Midpointe Library System - Monroe, a branch of Midpointe Library System, which serves 202,986 people and lent 2.1M items last year.
Lemon Township’s library, in brief
Ohio pays a big share
61% of the budget comes from the state, and 29% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 58% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 89% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Nearly everyone the system serves has a card
186,226 cards for 202,986 people, or 92%. At the typical library serving 100,000+ people, it’s 41%. 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; Lemon Township’s library is a branch of Midpointe Library System, so they cover the whole system (202,986 people), not just the Lemon Township branch.
What’s behind Lemon Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Lemon Township is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns, #707 of 914 in Ohio. Lemon Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Lemon Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($76K–$127K) 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 →
39 community nonprofits are registered in Lemon Township
2.3 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 (9 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.1%
8.1% of Lemon 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 Lemon Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Midpointe Library System serves 202,986 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 142 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Midpointe Library System system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
2.1M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
588,035 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
2,751 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Midpointe Library System - Monroe, 1 Tennessee Ave, Monroe.
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 Midpointe Library System branch.
New in Lemon 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 $3.11 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lemon Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $32M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1M 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 186,226 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemon Township | Midpointe Library System - Monroe fine-free | — | 50 | C |
| Middletown | Midpointe Library System - Middletown fine-free | — | 57 | C+ |
| Monroe | Midpointe Library System - Monroe fine-free | — | 50 | C+ |
| Liberty Township | Midpointe Library System - Liberty fine-free | — | 57 | C− |
| Madison Township | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Turtlecreek Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
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. Midpointe Library System - Monroe is one branch of Midpointe Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 202,986 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 Lemon Township
Does Lemon Township have a public library?
Yes: Midpointe Library System - Monroe, 1 Tennessee Ave, is a branch of Midpointe Library System, which serves 202,986 people. The branch is open about 50 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Midpointe Library System 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 Lemon Township’s library?
It logged 3.3 visits and lent 10.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Lemon Township’s civic life grade?
C Lemon Township is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns on civic life, #707 of 914 in Ohio. 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 Lemon 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.