Photo: Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0Marysville’s library lends 0.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Marysville Rye Library Association serves 4,915 people in and around Marysville. Last year it lent 8,703 books, movies and e-books and logged 9,357 visits.
The short version on Marysville’s library
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
81% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 8%. What your card is worth ↓
Most of the library’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 64% of loans. Print still makes up 36%. What people borrow ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Marysville Rye Library Association lends 0.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, fewer than 95% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. What people borrow ↓
Most programs are for young children
71% of the 85 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 42 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; Marysville Rye Library Association serves 4,915 people in and around Marysville, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Marysville’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Marysville is ahead of 96% of U.S. towns, #6 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Marysville is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Marysville’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 →
29 community nonprofits are registered in Marysville
10.8 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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
10.0%
10.0% of Marysville’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 Marysville’s residents live; 2022.
64% of borrowing is digital
8,703 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
5,597 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Marysville Rye Library Association serves 4,915 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 Marysville Rye Library Association system. The library’s own count.
About 1 kids’ program 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
Marysville Rye Library Association, 198 Overcrest Road, Marysville.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Marysville Rye Library Association branch.
New in Marysville? 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 $1.28 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Marysville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $106K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $136K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $106K 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 2,450 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marysville | Marysville Rye Library Association fine-free | — | 37 | A+ |
| Middle Paxton Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Susquehanna Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Penn Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Rye Township | None 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).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Marysville Rye Library Association serves 4,915 people in and around Marysville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Marysville.
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 Marysville
Does Marysville have a public library?
Yes. Marysville Rye Library Association, 198 Overcrest Road, serves 4,915 people in and around Marysville (the survey’s count) and is open about 37 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Marysville Rye Library Association 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 Marysville’s library?
It logged 1.9 visits and lent 1.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Marysville’s civic life grade?
A+ Marysville is ahead of 96% of U.S. towns on civic life, #6 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 Marysville.
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.