Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Dingman Township’s library is a branch of Pike County Public Library, which lends less per resident than 74% of systems its size
Dingman Township’s library is the Dingman Township Branch Library, a branch of Pike County Public Library, which serves 58,535 people and lent 144K items last year.
What Dingman Township’s library is like
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, the Pike County Public Library system sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on seven. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
The Pike County Public Library system offered 274 programs last year, 4.7 per 1,000 residents against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
29% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 36%. What your card is worth ↓
Runs on less money than most
The Pike County Public Library system spends $12 per resident, less than 93% of similar-size libraries (typical: $40). What your card is worth ↓
Fewer visits than most libraries its size
The Pike County Public Library system records 1.1 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, below 89% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing holds up better, at 1.9 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
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; Dingman Township’s library is a branch of Pike County Public Library, so they cover the whole system (58,535 people), not just the Dingman Township branch.
What’s behind Dingman Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Dingman Township is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns, #278 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Dingman Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Dingman Township’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
45 community nonprofits are registered in Dingman Township
3.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (5 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.6%
8.6% of Dingman Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.0% in the typical Pennsylvania 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 Dingman Township’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Pike County Public Library serves 58,535 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 35 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Pike County Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
144K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
32,597 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 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.
Find it
Dingman Township Branch Library, 100 Bond Court, Milford.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Pike County Public Library branch.
New in Dingman 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 $3.26 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Dingman Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $702K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $702K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 15,732 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dingman Township | Dingman Township Branch Library | — | 33 | B |
| Milford | Pike County Public Library | — | 47 | B− |
| Blooming Grove Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Milford Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Shohola Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Montague Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Delaware Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Sandyston 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. Dingman Township Branch Library is one branch of Pike County Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 58,535 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 Dingman Township
Does Dingman Township have a public library?
Yes: Dingman Township Branch Library, 100 Bond Court, is a branch of Pike County Public Library, which serves 58,535 people. The branch is open about 33 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Pike County Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Dingman Township’s library?
It logged 1.1 visits and lent 2.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Dingman Township’s civic life grade?
B Dingman Township is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns on civic life, #278 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. 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 Dingman 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.