Valley Railway Historic District · Photo: Cuyahoga Valley National Park · Public domainPeninsula’s library lends 27 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Peninsula Library & Historical Society serves 2,572 people in and around Peninsula from 2 locations. Last year it lent 87K books, movies and e-books and logged 17K visits.
What Peninsula’s library is like
Ohio pays a big share
77% of the budget comes from the state, and 20% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
A system of heavy borrowers
Peninsula Library & Historical Society lends 27 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 99% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 46% 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 6.7 e-items per resident, against a typical 1, higher than at 98% of similar-size libraries. It’s 20% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
A well-funded system
Peninsula Library & Historical Society spends $224 per resident a year, about five 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; Peninsula Library & Historical Society serves 2,572 people in and around Peninsula, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Peninsula’s civic life grade
Peninsula isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
About 2 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 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Peninsula Library & Historical Society serves 2,572 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 22 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Peninsula Library & Historical Society system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
87K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
17,142 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
2 places to borrow in Peninsula
Peninsula Library & Historical Society, 6105 Riverview Rd., Peninsula.
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 Peninsula Library & Historical Society branch.
New in Peninsula? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Peninsula Library & Historical Society branches in Peninsula
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.30 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Peninsula cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $577K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $577K 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 1,442 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peninsula | Peninsula Library & Historical Society fine-free | — | 60 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Boston Township | Peninsula Library & Historical Society fine-free | — | 60 | A− |
| Boston Heights | 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. Peninsula Library & Historical Society serves 2,572 people in and around Peninsula, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Peninsula.
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 Peninsula
Does Peninsula have a public library?
Yes. Peninsula Library & Historical Society, 6105 Riverview Rd., serves 2,572 people in and around Peninsula (the survey’s count) and is open about 60 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Peninsula Library & Historical Society 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 Peninsula’s library?
It logged 6.4 visits and lent 33.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Peninsula’s civic life grade?
Peninsula isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Peninsula.
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.