Photo: Nyttend · Public domainParis Township’s library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Marysville Public Library serves 34,636 people in and around Paris Township. Last year it lent 555K books, movies and e-books and logged 163K visits.
What Paris Township’s library is like
Nearly everyone the system serves has a card
32,681 cards for 34,636 people, or 94%. At the typical library serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, it’s 39%. How it compares ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 51% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 94% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Ohio pays a big share
36% of the budget comes from the state, and 52% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 4.2 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.2, higher than at 95% of similar-size libraries. It’s 26% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
A system of heavy borrowers
Marysville Public Library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, more than 93% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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; Marysville Public Library serves 34,636 people in and around Paris Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Paris Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Paris Township is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns, #284 of 914 in Ohio. Paris Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Paris Township’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 →
156 community nonprofits are registered in Paris Township
5.4 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 (34 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.1%
8.1% of Paris Township’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 Paris Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 11 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 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Marysville Public Library serves 34,636 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 157 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Marysville Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
555K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
143,778 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Marysville Public Library, 231 S. Plum St., Marysville.
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 Marysville Public Library branch.
New in Paris 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 $3.79 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Paris Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $8.8M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.3M 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 32,681 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Township | Marysville Public Library fine-free | — | 62 | B+ |
| Marysville | Marysville Public Library fine-free | — | 62 | A− |
| Darby Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Dover Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Union Township | None of its own | — | — | A+ |
| Millcreek Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Allen Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Taylor 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. Marysville Public Library serves 34,636 people in and around Paris Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Paris Township.
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 Paris Township
Does Paris Township have a public library?
Yes. Marysville Public Library, 231 S. Plum St., serves 34,636 people in and around Paris Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 62 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Marysville 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 Paris Township’s library?
It logged 4.7 visits and lent 16.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Paris Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Paris Township is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns on civic life, #284 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 Paris 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.