Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Moon Township’s library runs 29 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Moon Township Public Library serves Moon Township’s 27,240 residents. Last year it lent 298K books, movies and e-books and logged 68K visits.
The short version on Moon Township’s library
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 63% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 90% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 27 items per child in Moon Township last year. Kids & programs ↓
Programs draw a crowd
40,000 people came to the library’s 795 programs last year: 1.5 per resident, against a typical 0.3, more than at 98% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Still charges late fines, unlike its neighbors
Moon Township Public Library charges late fines on some overdue items. All four libraries in neighboring towns have dropped them. What your card is worth ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.2, higher than at 88% of similar-size libraries. It’s 28% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Most programs are for young children
68% of the 795 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 6.1 a week 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.
What’s behind Moon Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Moon Township is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns, #797 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Moon Township’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Moon Township Public Library spends $19 per resident, against a typical $40 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($85K–$141K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
83 community nonprofits are registered in Moon Township
3.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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 (16 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.6%
5.6% of Moon 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 Moon Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 10 kids’ programs a week
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 Moon Township last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Moon Township Public Library serves 27,240 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 109 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
298K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 55K books and other items on the shelves went out about 3.9 times last year, on average.
82,563 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Moon Township Public Library, 1700 Beaver Grade Rd, Suite 100, Moon Township.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Moon 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 $8.85 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Moon Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $526K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $4.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $526K 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 10,191 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon Township | Moon Township Public Library | 10.9 | 53 | C− |
| Robinson Township | Robinson Township Library fine-free | — | 53 | C− |
| North Fayette Township | Western Allegheny Comm Library fine-free | — | 58 | C |
| Coraopolis | Coraopolis Memorial Library fine-free | — | 45 | C− |
| Sewickley | Sewickley Public Library fine-free | — | 67 | B |
| Findlay Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Crescent Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Edgeworth | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Glen Osborne | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Hopewell 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.
- 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 Moon Township
Does Moon Township have a public library?
Yes. Moon Township Public Library, 1700 Beaver Grade Rd, Suite 100, serves Moon Township’s 27,240 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 53 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Moon Township 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 Moon Township’s library?
It logged 2.5 visits and lent 10.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Moon Township’s civic life grade?
C− Moon Township is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns on civic life, #797 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 Moon 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.