Photo: Joe Calzarette · CC BY-SA 3.0Greenfield Township’s library logs 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Claysburg Area Public Library Inc serves 6,257 people in and around Greenfield Township. Last year it lent 8,766 books, movies and e-books and logged 5,348 visits.
The short version on Greenfield Township’s library
Claysburg Area Public Library Inc is used less than most libraries its size
Claysburg Area Public Library Inc records 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 1.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $13 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
45% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 17%. What your card is worth ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 12% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Claysburg Area Public Library Inc offered 55 programs last year, 8.8 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
69% of the 55 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 33 for ages 0–5. 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; Claysburg Area Public Library Inc serves 6,257 people in and around Greenfield Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Greenfield Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Greenfield Township is ahead of 63% of U.S. towns, #203 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Greenfield Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Greenfield Township’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
17 community nonprofits are registered in Greenfield Township
4.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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.
7.9%
7.9% of Greenfield 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 Greenfield Township’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Claysburg Area Public Library Inc serves 6,257 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Claysburg Area Public Library Inc system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
8,766 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
625 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
55 programs a year
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
Claysburg Area Public Library Inc, 957 Bedford St., Claysburg.
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 Claysburg Area Public Library Inc branch.
New in Greenfield 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 $1.68 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Greenfield Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $83K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $140K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $83K 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 761 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield Township | Claysburg Area Public Library Inc fine-free | — | 35 | B |
| Bloomfield Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Taylor Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Kimmel Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Freedom Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Portage Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Pavia Township | 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. Claysburg Area Public Library Inc serves 6,257 people in and around Greenfield Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Greenfield Township.
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 Greenfield Township
Does Greenfield Township have a public library?
Yes. Claysburg Area Public Library Inc, 957 Bedford St., serves 6,257 people in and around Greenfield Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 35 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Claysburg Area Public Library Inc 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 Greenfield Township’s library?
It logged 0.9 visits and lent 1.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Greenfield Township’s civic life grade?
B Greenfield Township is ahead of 63% of U.S. towns on civic life, #203 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 Greenfield 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.