Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Newcomerstown’s library lends 10 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Newcomerstown Public Library serves 5,339 people in and around Newcomerstown. Last year it lent 66K books, movies and e-books and logged 30K visits.
What Newcomerstown’s library is like
Ohio pays a big share
56% of the budget comes from the state, and 43% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
A system of heavy borrowers
Newcomerstown Public Library lends 10 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 92% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 39% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 86% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
A well-funded system
Newcomerstown Public Library spends $119 per resident a year, about three times the typical $43 for a library its size. What your card is worth ↓
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; Newcomerstown Public Library serves 5,339 people in and around Newcomerstown, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Newcomerstown’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Newcomerstown is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns, #153 of 914 in Ohio. Newcomerstown is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Newcomerstown’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 →
32 community nonprofits are registered in Newcomerstown
8.7 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 (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.9%
7.9% of Newcomerstown’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 Newcomerstown’s residents live; 2022.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
66K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
10,478 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 all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Newcomerstown Public Library serves 5,339 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 29 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Newcomerstown Public Library system. The library’s own count.
About 3 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
Newcomerstown Public Library, 123 East Main St., Newcomerstown.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Newcomerstown Public Library branch.
New in Newcomerstown? 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 $1.70 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Newcomerstown cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $633K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $633K 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 4,143 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcomerstown | Newcomerstown Public Library | — | 43 | A− |
| Oxford Township | Newcomerstown Public Library | — | 43 | A− |
| Oxford Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
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. Newcomerstown Public Library serves 5,339 people in and around Newcomerstown, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Newcomerstown.
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 Newcomerstown
Does Newcomerstown have a public library?
Yes. Newcomerstown Public Library, 123 East Main St., serves 5,339 people in and around Newcomerstown (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Newcomerstown 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 Newcomerstown’s library?
It logged 5.7 visits and lent 12.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Newcomerstown’s civic life grade?
A− Newcomerstown is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns on civic life, #153 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 Newcomerstown.
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.