Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Orrville’s library lends 33 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Orrville Public Library serves 11,040 people in and around Orrville. Last year it lent 460K books, movies and e-books and logged 73K visits.
The short version on Orrville’s library
One of the busiest library systems its size
Orrville Public Library logs 6.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, and lends 33 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 89% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Ohio pays a big share
51% of the budget comes from the state, and 37% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 50% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 8.2 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.1, higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. It’s 20% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Most programs are for young children
76% of the 576 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 6.7 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; Orrville Public Library serves 11,040 people in and around Orrville, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Orrville’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Orrville is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns, #244 of 914 in Ohio. Orrville is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Orrville’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 →
50 community nonprofits are registered in Orrville
6.0 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 (15 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.
8.0%
8.0% of Orrville’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 Orrville’s residents live; 2022.
About 8 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 all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Orrville Public Library serves 11,040 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 173 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Orrville Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
460K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
90,838 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Orrville Public Library, 230 N. Main St., Orrville.
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 Orrville Public Library branch.
New in Orrville? 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 $5.51 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Orrville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.3M 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 9,747 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Orrville Public Library serves 11,040 people in and around Orrville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Orrville.
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 Orrville
Does Orrville have a public library?
Yes. Orrville Public Library, 230 N. Main St., serves 11,040 people in and around Orrville (the survey’s count) and is open about 51 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Orrville 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 Orrville’s library?
It logged 6.7 visits and lent 41.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Orrville’s civic life grade?
A− Orrville is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns on civic life, #244 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 Orrville.
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.