Montgomery Township’s library lends 13 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Wayne Public Library serves 6,098 people in and around Montgomery Township. Last year it lent 83K books, movies and e-books and logged 9,776 visits.
What Montgomery Township’s library is like
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 57% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 97% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
People borrow more than they stay
Borrowing per resident is higher than at 96% of similar-size libraries, but visits are lower than at 76%. People come in, pick up their books and go. How it compares ↓
Ohio pays a big share
48% of the budget comes from the state, and 34% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Most programs are for young children
71% of the 160 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 30 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 6% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 57% 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; Wayne Public Library serves 6,098 people in and around Montgomery Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Montgomery Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Montgomery Township is ahead of 66% of U.S. towns, #387 of 914 in Ohio. Montgomery Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Montgomery 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 →
11 community nonprofits are registered in Montgomery Township
2.6 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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
13.9%
13.9% of Montgomery 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 Montgomery Township’s residents live; 2022.
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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Wayne Public Library serves 6,098 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 40 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Wayne Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
83K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
4,947 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Wayne Public Library, 137 E. Main St., Wayne.
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 Wayne Public Library branch.
New in Montgomery 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 $4.33 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Montgomery Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $285K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $285K 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 2,218 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Township | Wayne Public Library fine-free | — | 40 | B+ |
| Freedom Township | Pemberville Public Library | — | 56 | A |
| Perry Township | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Portage Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Scott Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
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. Wayne Public Library serves 6,098 people in and around Montgomery Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Montgomery 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 Montgomery Township
Does Montgomery Township have a public library?
Yes. Wayne Public Library, 137 E. Main St., serves 6,098 people in and around Montgomery Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Wayne 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 Montgomery Township’s library?
It logged 1.6 visits and lent 13.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Montgomery Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Montgomery Township is ahead of 66% of U.S. towns on civic life, #387 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 Montgomery 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.