Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLiberty Township’s library is a branch of Marysville Public Library, which lends more per resident than 93% of systems its size
Liberty Township’s library is the Raymond Branch, a branch of Marysville Public Library, which serves 34,636 people and lent 555K items last year.
The short version on Liberty Township’s library
Open only about 6 hours a week
The Liberty Township branch keeps short hours: about 6 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Nearly everyone the system serves has a card
32,681 cards for 34,636 people, or 94%. At the typical library serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, it’s 39%. How it compares ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 51% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 94% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Ohio pays a big share
36% of the budget comes from the state, and 52% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 4.2 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.2, higher than at 95% of similar-size libraries. It’s 26% of all loans. 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; Liberty Township’s library is a branch of Marysville Public Library, so they cover the whole system (34,636 people), not just the Liberty Township branch.
What’s behind Liberty Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Liberty Township is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns. Liberty Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Liberty Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
7 community nonprofits are registered in Liberty Township
3.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: environment & animals.
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.
10.0%
10.0% of Liberty 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 Liberty Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 11 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 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Marysville Public Library serves 34,636 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 157 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Marysville Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
555K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
143,778 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Raymond Branch, 21698 Main St., Raymond.
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 Marysville Public Library branch.
New in Liberty 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 $3.79 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Liberty Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $8.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.3M 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 32,681 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | Raymond Branch fine-free | — | 6 | B |
| Taylor Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| York Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
| Allen Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Perry 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. Raymond Branch is one branch of Marysville Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 34,636 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 Liberty Township
Does Liberty Township have a public library?
Yes: Raymond Branch, 21698 Main St., is a branch of Marysville Public Library, which serves 34,636 people. The branch is open about 6 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Marysville 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 Liberty Township’s library?
It logged 4.7 visits and lent 16.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Liberty Township’s civic life grade?
B Liberty Township is ahead of 60% 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 Liberty 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.