Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Wakeman Township’s library is a branch of Huron County Community Library, which lends more per resident than 56% of systems its size
Wakeman Township’s library is the Wakeman Community Branch, a branch of Huron County Community Library, which serves 22,945 people and lent 129K items last year.
Wakeman Township’s library, in brief
Ohio pays a big share
55% of the budget comes from the state, and 36% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
The Huron County Community Library system ran 1,314 programs last year, about 25 a week. That’s 57 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. 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; Wakeman Township’s library is a branch of Huron County Community Library, so they cover the whole system (22,945 people), not just the Wakeman Township branch.
What’s behind Wakeman Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Wakeman Township is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns, #178 of 914 in Ohio. Wakeman Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups 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 →
11 community nonprofits are registered in Wakeman Township
4.0 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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
11.9%
11.9% of Wakeman 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 Wakeman Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 14 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 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Huron County Community Library serves 22,945 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 15 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Huron County Community Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
129K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
25,361 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Wakeman Community Branch, 33 Pleasant St., Wakeman.
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 Huron County Community Library branch.
New in Wakeman 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 $1.53 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Wakeman Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.4M 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 6,254 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakeman Township | Wakeman Community Branch fine-free | — | 43 | A− |
| Clarksfield Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Camden Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
| Florence Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
| Townsend Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
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. Wakeman Community Branch is one branch of Huron County Community Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 22,945 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 Wakeman Township
Does Wakeman Township have a public library?
Yes: Wakeman Community Branch, 33 Pleasant St., is a branch of Huron County Community Library, which serves 22,945 people. The branch is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Huron County Community 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 Wakeman Township’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 5.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Wakeman Township’s civic life grade?
A− Wakeman Township is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns on civic life, #178 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 Wakeman 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.