Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Hegins Township’s library runs 9.3 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Tri Valley Free Public Library serves Hegins Township’s 3,337 residents. Last year it lent 7,738 books, movies and e-books and logged 4,485 visits.
What Hegins Township’s library is like
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
63% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 8%. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Tri Valley Free Public Library offered 31 programs last year, 9.3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
Tri Valley Free Public Library spends $14 per resident, less than 92% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). What your card is worth ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Tri Valley Free Public Library holds 23,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once last year. What people borrow ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 4% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 90% of similar-size libraries. 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.
What’s behind Hegins Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Hegins Township is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns, #397 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Hegins Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; library visits pull 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 →
22 community nonprofits are registered in Hegins Township
6.6 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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.5%
7.5% of Hegins 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 Hegins Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Tri Valley Free Public Library serves 3,337 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
7,738 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 23K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
306 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
31 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Hegins Township last year.
Find it
Tri Valley Free Public Library, 633 East Main St., Hegins.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Hegins 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 $2.49 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hegins Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $48K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $119K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $48K 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 1,676 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hegins Township | Tri Valley Free Public Library | 2.3 | 36 | B− |
| Hubley Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Eldred Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Frailey Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Porter Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Upper Mahantongo Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Barry Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Williams Township | None of its own | — | — | D− |
| Foster 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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Hegins Township
Does Hegins Township have a public library?
Yes. Tri Valley Free Public Library, 633 East Main St., serves Hegins Township’s 3,337 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Tri Valley Free 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 Hegins Township’s library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 2.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Hegins Township’s civic life grade?
B− Hegins Township is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns on civic life, #397 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 Hegins 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.