Mount Pleasant Township’s library logs 7.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Pleasant Mount Public Library serves Mount Pleasant Township’s 1,439 residents. Last year it lent 8,361 books, movies and e-books and logged 11K visits.
Mount Pleasant Township’s library, in brief
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
50% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 30%. What your card is worth ↓
Busy on a lean budget
Pleasant Mount Public Library spends $34 per resident, less than 75% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). It’s still busier than 73% of them. What your card is worth ↓
A small-town library
Pleasant Mount Public Library serves 1,439 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 32 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Programs lean toward adults
66% of the 212 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 64 were for children. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Mount Pleasant Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Mount Pleasant Township is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns. All three inputs are above most U.S. towns; library visits rank 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 →
7 community nonprofits are registered in Mount Pleasant Township
4.1 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.6%
9.6% of Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant Township’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Pleasant Mount Public Library serves 1,439 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
8,361 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 11K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.7 time last year, on average.
1,068 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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 Mount Pleasant Township last year.
Find it
Pleasant Mount Public Library, 375 Great Bend Turnpike, Pleasant Mount.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Mount Pleasant 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 $3.18 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mount Pleasant Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $49K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $156K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $49K 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 411 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Township | Pleasant Mount Public Library fine-free | 5.8 | 32 | A− |
| Preston Township | Northern Wayne Community Library fine-free | — | 36 | — too few inputs |
| Clinton Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Lebanon Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Buckingham Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Herrick Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Dyberry Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
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 Mount Pleasant Township
Does Mount Pleasant Township have a public library?
Yes. Pleasant Mount Public Library, 375 Great Bend Turnpike, serves Mount Pleasant Township’s 1,439 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Pleasant Mount Public Library 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 Mount Pleasant Township’s library?
It logged 7.8 visits and lent 5.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Mount Pleasant Township’s civic life grade?
A− Mount Pleasant Township is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Mount Pleasant 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.