Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0New Vienna’s library is a branch of Sabina Public Library, which lends less per resident than 75% of systems its size
New Vienna’s library is the New Vienna Branch, a branch of Sabina Public Library, which serves 7,820 people and lent 20K items last year.
The short version on New Vienna’s library
More library cards than residents
9,910 cards for 7,820 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, it’s 42%. How it compares ↓
Ohio pays a big share
66% of the budget comes from the state, and 23% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Most programs are for young children
73% of the 156 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.2 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; New Vienna’s library is a branch of Sabina Public Library, so they cover the whole system (7,820 people), not just the New Vienna branch.
What’s behind New Vienna’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, New Vienna is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns. New Vienna is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; New Vienna’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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in New Vienna
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 (0 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.7%
7.7% of New Vienna’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 New Vienna’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Sabina Public Library serves 7,820 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Sabina Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
20K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
3,540 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
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.
Find it
New Vienna Branch, 114 W Main St., New Vienna.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Sabina Public Library branch.
New in New Vienna? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average New Vienna cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $366K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $333K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $366K 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 9,910 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. New Vienna Branch is one branch of Sabina Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 7,820 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 New Vienna
Does New Vienna have a public library?
Yes: New Vienna Branch, 114 W Main St., is a branch of Sabina Public Library, which serves 7,820 people. The branch is open about 31 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Sabina 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 New Vienna’s library?
It logged 3.0 visits and lent 2.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is New Vienna’s civic life grade?
B− New Vienna is ahead of 53% 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 New Vienna.
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.