Newton Falls Covered Bridge · Photo: Carl Waite · Public domainNewton Falls’ library lends 8.2 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Newton Falls Public Library serves 8,504 people in and around Newton Falls. Last year it lent 97K books, movies and e-books and logged 36K visits.
The short version on Newton Falls’s library
Ohio pays a big share
66% of the budget comes from the state, and 28% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3.3 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 91% of similar-size libraries. It’s 29% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
A well-funded system
Newton Falls Public Library spends $106 per resident a year, about twice 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; Newton Falls Public Library serves 8,504 people in and around Newton Falls, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Newton Falls’ civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Newton Falls is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns, #751 of 914 in Ohio. Newton Falls is graded on two of the three inputs. Newton Falls’ count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($38K–$63K) 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 →
18 community nonprofits are registered in Newton Falls
3.9 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 (5 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.4%
5.4% of Newton Falls’ 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 Newton Falls’ residents live; 2022.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
97K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
27,984 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 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Newton Falls Public Library serves 8,504 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 33 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Newton Falls 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
Newton Falls Public Library, 204 S. Canal St., Newton Falls.
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 Newton Falls Public Library branch.
New in Newton Falls? 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 $1.75 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Newton Falls cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $898K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $898K 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 6,604 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Falls | Newton Falls Public Library fine-free | — | 57 | C |
| Newton Township | Newton Falls Public Library fine-free | — | 57 | C+ |
| Braceville Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| South Canal | 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.
- System-wide. Newton Falls Public Library serves 8,504 people in and around Newton Falls, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Newton Falls.
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 Newton Falls
Does Newton Falls have a public library?
Yes. Newton Falls Public Library, 204 S. Canal St., serves 8,504 people in and around Newton Falls (the survey’s count) and is open about 57 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Newton Falls 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 Newton Falls’ library?
It logged 4.2 visits and lent 11.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Newton Falls’ civic life grade?
C Newton Falls is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns on civic life, #751 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 Newton Falls.
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.