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Libraries near Indiana Township

Indiana Township has no public library of its own; the nearest is Hampton Community Library in Allison Park, 3.3 miles away

Indiana Township doesn’t have a public library of its own. The closest is Hampton Community Library in Allison Park, 3.3 miles away. Many small-town libraries give cards to neighbors, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.

BCivic lifeAhead of 55% of U.S. towns · #284 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Nonprofits and volunteering.
In brief

Getting a library card from Indiana Township

Indiana Township borrows from the libraries next door

Indiana Township has no public library of its own, but four libraries are within 10 miles, the closest being Hampton Community Library in Allison Park (3.3 miles). Many small-town libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead. Nearest libraries ↓

Indiana Township isn’t the only town nearby without one

Harmar Township, West Deer Township and O'Hara Township don’t have a public library of their own either. Among the towns next door, Fox Chapel (Cooper-Siegel Community Library), Hampton Township (Hampton Community Library) and Allison Park (Hampton Community Library) do. Libraries next door ↓

This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Distances are straight-line from the town center.

Civic life grade

What’s behind Indiana Township’s civic life grade

On community nonprofits and volunteering, Indiana Township is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns, #284 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Indiana Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Indiana Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Indiana Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (17,556)Ahead of 55%
FewerMore
Pennsylvania towns we grade (1,029)Ahead of 72%
U.S. towns with similar incomes, $87K–$144K (5,136)Ahead of 59%

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.

How sure. Graded on two inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. Indiana Township is small (7,420 residents), so a few dozen organizations or visits move its per-resident figures; the volunteering share is a 2022 estimate from Facebook users aged 25–44.

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 →

Places to belong

32 community nonprofits are registered in Indiana Township

4.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.

Community nonprofits, by kind

Arts & culture10.16 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.24
Youth, sports & recreation40.53 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.52
Civic groups, clubs & veterans81.05 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.74
Human services60.85 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.59
Education60.75 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.43
Health20.29 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.16
Environment & animals20.22 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.17
Other40.48 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.47

Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.

Volunteering

7.4%

7.4% of Indiana 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 Indiana Township’s residents live; 2022.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 3.3 miles away

Closest first, measured from the center of Indiana Township. Each one’s hours, and whether it charges late fines.

Next door

Libraries next door

Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.

12+ loans per resident8–124–8Under 4No library / shared system
TownLibraryLoans per residentHoursCivic life
Shaler TownshipShaler North Hills Library fine-free17.150B−
Hampton TownshipHampton Community Library8.844C
Allison ParkHampton Community Library8.844— graded as part of its town
Fox ChapelCooper-Siegel Community Library fine-free—49A
Harmar TownshipNone of its own——B
West Deer TownshipNone of its own——C+
O'Hara TownshipNone of its own——A−
Frazer TownshipNone of its own——C−

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).

How to read these numbers

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 Indiana Township

Does Indiana Township have a public library?

No. The closest is Hampton Community Library in Allison Park, 3.3 miles from the town center. Many libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.

What is Indiana Township’s civic life grade?

B Indiana Township is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns on civic life, #284 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.

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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.