Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Mill Township’s library lends 8.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Claymont School District Public Library serves 11,834 people in and around Mill Township from 2 locations. Last year it lent 107K books, movies and e-books and logged 9,724 visits.
Mill Township’s library, in brief
Ohio pays a big share
98% of the budget comes from the state, and 0% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
People borrow more than they stay
Borrowing per resident is higher than at 85% of similar-size libraries, but visits are lower than at 93%. People come in, pick up their books and go. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 18% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 40% for its size. How it compares ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 7% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 69% of similar-size libraries. 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; Claymont School District Public Library serves 11,834 people in and around Mill Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Mill Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Mill Township is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns, #619 of 914 in Ohio. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($41K–$68K) 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 →
38 community nonprofits are registered in Mill Township
3.9 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 (16 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
10.1%
10.1% of Mill 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 Mill Township’s residents live; 2022.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
107K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
7,556 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 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Claymont School District Public Library serves 11,834 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 37 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Claymont School District 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.
2 places to borrow in Mill Township
Claymont School District Public Library, 215 E. Third St., Uhrichsville.
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 Claymont School District Public Library branch.
New in Mill Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Claymont School District Public Library branches in Mill Township
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $5.13 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mill Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $316K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $316K 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 2,187 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Township | Claymont School District Public Library fine-free | — | 38 | C+ |
| Dennison | Dennison Branch Library fine-free | — | 18 | A |
| Warwick Township | Tuscarawas Branch fine-free | — | 36 | B |
| Monroe Township | Bowerston Public Library | — | 38 | B− |
| Union Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Rush Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Goshen Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
| Midvale | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Franklin 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Claymont School District Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- System-wide. Claymont School District Public Library serves 11,834 people in and around Mill Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Mill 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 Mill Township
Does Mill Township have a public library?
Yes. Claymont School District Public Library, 215 E. Third St., serves 11,834 people in and around Mill Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Claymont School District 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 Mill Township’s library?
It logged 0.8 visits and lent 9.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Mill Township’s civic life grade?
C+ Mill Township is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns on civic life, #619 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 Mill 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.