Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOhio Township’s library is a branch of Clermont County Public Library, which lends more per resident than 81% of systems its size
Ohio Township’s library is the New Richmond Branch Library, a branch of Clermont County Public Library, which serves 208,601 people and lent 1.8M items last year.
The short version on Ohio Township’s library
Ohio State 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; Ohio Township’s library is a branch of Clermont County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (208,601 people), not just the Ohio Township branch.
What’s behind Ohio Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Ohio Township is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns, #537 of 914 in Ohio State. Ohio Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Ohio Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups 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 →
21 community nonprofits are registered in Ohio Township
4.0 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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.4%
7.4% of Ohio Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.5% in the typical Ohio State 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 Ohio Township’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
New Richmond Branch Library, 103 River Valley Blvd, New Richmond.
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 Ohio 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 $3.21 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Ohio Township 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Township | New Richmond Branch Library | — | 48 | B− |
| Pierce Township | Amelia Branch Library | — | 48 | C+ |
| New Richmond | New Richmond Branch Library | — | 48 | B− |
| Amelia | Amelia Branch Library | — | 48 | — unincorporated |
| Monroe 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. New Richmond 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 Ohio Township
Does Ohio Township have a public library?
Yes: New Richmond Branch Library, 103 River Valley Blvd, 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 Ohio Township’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 Ohio Township’s civic life grade?
B− Ohio Township is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns on civic life, #537 of 914 in Ohio State. 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 Ohio 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.