Photo: Brenda · CC BY 2.0Medina’s library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.2 for libraries its size
Medina County District Library serves 153,551 people in and around Medina. Last year it lent 2.9M books, movies and e-books and logged 566K visits.
What Medina’s library is like
One of the busiest library systems its size
Medina County District Library logs 3.7 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries serving 100,000+ people, and lends 12 print items per resident against a typical 3.2. On both counts it beats 87% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. 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 98% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 6.7 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.4, higher than at 97% of similar-size libraries. It’s 35% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Ohio pays a big share
36% of the budget comes from the state, and 50% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Programs draw a crowd
74,000 people came to the system’s 2,722 programs last year: 0.5 per resident, against a typical 0.2, more than at 90% of similar-size libraries. 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; Medina County District Library serves 153,551 people in and around Medina, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Medina’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Medina is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns, #297 of 914 in Ohio. Medina is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Medina’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 →
130 community nonprofits are registered in Medina
5.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (24 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.
8.2%
8.2% of Medina’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 Medina’s residents live; 2022.
About 28 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 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Medina County District Library serves 153,551 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 163 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Medina County District Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
2.9M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,023,063 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Medina County District Library, 210 S. Broadway, Medina.
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 Medina County District Library branch.
New in Medina? 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 $4.09 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Medina cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $11M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $44M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $11M 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 89,534 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medina | Medina County District Library fine-free | — | 58 | B+ |
| York Township | Buckeye Branch: fine-free | — | 54 | B− |
| Medina Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Montville Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Lafayette 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. Medina County District Library serves 153,551 people in and around Medina, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Medina.
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 Medina
Does Medina have a public library?
Yes. Medina County District Library, 210 S. Broadway, serves 153,551 people in and around Medina (the survey’s count) and is open about 58 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Medina County 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 Medina’s library?
It logged 3.7 visits and lent 18.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Medina’s civic life grade?
B+ Medina is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns on civic life, #297 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 Medina.
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.