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Oakes-Beitman Memorial Branch · part of Troy-Miami County Public Library

Pleasant Hill’s library is a branch of Troy-Miami County Public Library, which lends more per resident than 78% of systems its size

Pleasant Hill’s library is the Oakes-Beitman Memorial Branch, a branch of Troy-Miami County Public Library, which serves 53,293 people and lent 536K items last year.

12 N Main St., Pleasant Hill 45359 · about 41 hours a week
A+Civic lifeAhead of 98% of U.S. towns. Nonprofits and volunteering.
Directions (937) 676-2731 What’s a card worth?
Borrowed a year
536K
10.1 per resident
Visits a year
176K
3.3 per resident · Above typical (2.6)
Programs & events
1,154
about 22 a week · 35K attended
Cardholders
45%
23,794 cards
Open
41 hrs
a week at this branch
In brief

The short version on Pleasant Hill’s library

Ohio pays a big share

61% of the budget comes from the state, and 25% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓

Big on e-books and audiobooks

Digital borrowing runs 3 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.2, higher than at 87% of similar-size libraries. It’s 30% of all loans. 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; Pleasant Hill’s library is a branch of Troy-Miami County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (53,293 people), not just the Pleasant Hill branch.

Civic life grade

What’s behind Pleasant Hill’s civic life grade

On community nonprofits and volunteering, Pleasant Hill is ahead of 98% of U.S. towns. Pleasant Hill is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs put Pleasant Hill near the top nationally; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.

A+
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Pleasant Hill’s overall grade.
–Library visitsServed by a county or regional system, so there is no town figureACommunity nonprofits7.9 per 1,000 residents · OH towns 3.9 · U.S. 3.7AVolunteering12.4% of adults 25–44 · OH towns 8.5% · U.S. 7.5%
All U.S. towns we grade (17,556)Ahead of 98%
FewerMore
U.S. towns with similar incomes, $54K–$90K (9,159)Ahead of 97%

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.

How sure. Graded on two inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. Pleasant Hill is small (1,270 residents), so a few dozen organizations or visits move its per-resident figures; the volunteering share is a 2022 estimate from Facebook users aged 25–44.

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 →

Places to belong

12 community nonprofits are registered in Pleasant Hill

7.9 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.

Community nonprofits, by kind

Arts & culture10.66 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.24
Youth, sports & recreation53.28 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.52
Civic groups, clubs & veterans21.31 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.74
Human services21.31 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.59
Education10.66 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.43
Health00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.16
Environment & animals00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.17
Other10.66 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.47

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.

Volunteering

12.4%

12.4% of Pleasant Hill’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 Pleasant Hill’s residents live; 2022.

★ What stands out · What people borrow

More than half the print loans are kids’ books

536K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.

536Kloans
Books & media (adults) 31%Kids’ books & media 39%E-books, audio & streaming 30%
From your couch

159,094 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.

How it compares

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.

Visits per resident 3.3 visits · typical 2.6Higher than 64%
Borrowing per resident 7.1 print items · typical 3.7Higher than 78%
Digital borrowing 3 e-items · typical 1.2Higher than 87%
Kids’ borrowing 3.9 kids’ items · typical 1.7Higher than 83%
Program attendance 0.7 attendees · typical 0.3Higher than 83%
Programs offered 21.7 per 1,000 residents · typical 14Higher than 72%
Cardholders 45% of residents · typical 39%Higher than 60%
Spending $53 per resident · typical $40Higher than 65%
Fewer per residentMore per resident
Size group

Troy-Miami County Public Library serves 53,293 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.

A year at the library

Every hour the doors are open, about 58 items go out

Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Troy-Miami County Public Library system. The library’s own count.

176K
visits
3.3 per resident
536K
loans, print + digital
10.1 per resident
1,154
programs & events
35K attended
24K
library cards
45% of people served
Every open hour58items borrowed
Every week669people at a program
Every day193Wi-Fi sessions
30 staff (full-time equivalent)59 public computers
Kids & programs

About 10 kids’ programs a week

Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.

Schools in Pleasant Hill →

Programs last year by age group

Ages 0–5256
Ages 6–11265
Teens182
Adults335
All ages116
Little ones
4.9

story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.

209K
kids’ books & media borrowed
35K
people at programs
1,154
programs
The building

Find it

Oakes-Beitman Memorial Branch, 12 N Main St., Pleasant Hill.

Directions(937) 676-2731
41
hours open a week
4,685
square feet
With a card

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 Troy-Miami County Public Library branch.

New in Pleasant Hill? The Handbook →

Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.

What your card is worth

For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.96 worth

Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pleasant Hill cardholder borrows.

In a month I’d use…
Books$17 each
1
Kids’ books$12 each
1
E-books & audio$15 each
1
Movies & music$4 each
0
Programs & classes$10 a program
0
Computer & Wi-Fi$3 a session
0
Your card saves you about
$528
a year at retail prices · $44 a month

Who pays for it
$53 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.8M.

Local taxes 25%State 61%Federal 1%Gifts & other 13%

Last year the library lent and hosted about $8.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.8M 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 23,794 cardholders ÷ 12.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.

  • System-wide. Oakes-Beitman Memorial Branch is one branch of Troy-Miami County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 53,293 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 Pleasant Hill

Does Pleasant Hill have a public library?

Yes: Oakes-Beitman Memorial Branch, 12 N Main St., is a branch of Troy-Miami County Public Library, which serves 53,293 people. The branch is open about 41 hours a week, averaged over the year.

Is Troy-Miami County 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 Pleasant Hill’s library?

It logged 3.3 visits and lent 10.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.

What is Pleasant Hill’s civic life grade?

A+ Pleasant Hill is ahead of 98% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Pleasant Hill.

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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.