Mount Repose’s library is a branch of Clermont County Public Library, which lends more per resident than 81% of systems its size
Mount Repose’s library is the Miami Township Branch Library, a branch of Clermont County Public Library, which serves 208,601 people and lent 1.8M items last year.
What Mount Repose’s library is like
Ohio pays a big share
57% of the budget comes from the state, and 30% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Most programs are for young children
69% of the 3,436 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 30 a week for ages 0–5. 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; Mount Repose’s library is a branch of Clermont County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (208,601 people), not just the Mount Repose branch.
What’s behind Mount Repose’s civic life grade
Mount Repose isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Clermont County Public Library, so there is no town figure for visits.
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 →
Volunteering in Mount Repose
Mount Repose is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
14.6%
14.6% of Mount Repose’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 Mount Repose’s residents live; 2022.
About 45 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 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Clermont County Public Library serves 208,601 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 72 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Clermont County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
1.8M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
453,260 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Miami Township Branch Library, 5920 Buckwheat Rd, Milford.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Clermont County Public Library branch.
New in Mount Repose? 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 $3.21 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mount Repose cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $8.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $27M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $8.5M budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 121,583 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Repose | Miami Township Branch Library | — | 48 | — unincorporated |
| Mulberry | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Day Heights | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
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. Miami Township Branch Library is one branch of Clermont County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 208,601 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 Mount Repose
Does Mount Repose have a public library?
Yes: Miami Township Branch Library, 5920 Buckwheat Rd, is a branch of Clermont County Public Library, which serves 208,601 people. The branch is open about 48 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Clermont County Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Mount Repose’s library?
It logged 2.0 visits and lent 8.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Mount Repose’s civic life grade?
Mount Repose isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Clermont County Public Library, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Mount Repose.
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.