Photo: Ksponsler · CC BY-SA 3.0Twinsburg’s library lends 34 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Twinsburg Public Library serves 27,452 people in and around Twinsburg. Last year it lent 1.1M books, movies and e-books and logged 204K visits.
What Twinsburg’s library is like
One of the busiest library systems its size
Twinsburg Public Library logs 7.4 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, and lends 34 print items per resident against a typical 3.7. On both counts it beats 96% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Five times the programs of a typical library its size
Twinsburg Public Library ran 1,757 programs last year, about 34 a week. That’s 64 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. People show up: 33,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 49% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Ohio pays a big share
46% of the budget comes from the state, and 45% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 7.8 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.2, higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. It’s 19% 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; Twinsburg Public Library serves 27,452 people in and around Twinsburg, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Twinsburg’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Twinsburg is ahead of 63% of U.S. towns, #416 of 914 in Ohio. Twinsburg is graded on two of the three inputs. Twinsburg’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 →
101 community nonprofits are registered in Twinsburg
5.2 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 (17 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 4 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.2%
7.2% of Twinsburg’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 Twinsburg’s residents live; 2022.
About 17 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.
Twinsburg Public Library serves 27,452 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
A year at Twinsburg Public Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Twinsburg Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
1.1M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
214,327 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Twinsburg Public Library, 10050 Ravenna Rd., Twinsburg.
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 Twinsburg Public Library branch.
New in Twinsburg? 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 $4.85 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Twinsburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.5M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $17M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.5M 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 24,175 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twinsburg | Twinsburg Public Library fine-free | — | 61 | B |
| Twinsburg Township | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Reminderville | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Macedonia | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Twinsburg Heights | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Glenwillow | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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. Twinsburg Public Library serves 27,452 people in and around Twinsburg, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Twinsburg.
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 Twinsburg
Does Twinsburg have a public library?
Yes. Twinsburg Public Library, 10050 Ravenna Rd., serves 27,452 people in and around Twinsburg (the survey’s count) and is open about 61 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Twinsburg 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 Twinsburg’s library?
It logged 7.4 visits and lent 41.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Twinsburg’s civic life grade?
B Twinsburg is ahead of 63% of U.S. towns on civic life, #416 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 Twinsburg.
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.