Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNorth Beaver Township’s library lends 0.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
F D Campbell Memorial Library serves 7,764 people in and around North Beaver Township. Last year it lent 8,308 books, movies and e-books and logged 6,977 visits.
The short version on North Beaver Township’s library
F D Campbell Memorial Library is used less than most libraries its size
F D Campbell Memorial Library records 0.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $17 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
29% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 49%. What your card is worth ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 11% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
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; F D Campbell Memorial Library serves 7,764 people in and around North Beaver Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind North Beaver Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, North Beaver Township is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns, #925 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. North Beaver Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
F D Campbell Memorial Library spends $17 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($53K–$89K) 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 →
9 community nonprofits are registered in North Beaver Township
2.4 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.9%
5.9% of North Beaver 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 North Beaver Township’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
F D Campbell Memorial Library serves 7,764 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole F D Campbell Memorial Library system. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
8,308 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
1,377 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 kids’ programs 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
F D Campbell Memorial Library, 209 Hillsville Rd., Bessemer.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every F D Campbell Memorial Library branch.
New in North Beaver 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 $1.13 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average North Beaver Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $129K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $146K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $129K 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 866 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Beaver Township | F D Campbell Memorial Library fine-free | — | 46 | D |
| New Castle | New Castle Public Library fine-free | — | 63 | C |
| Taylor Township | None of its own | — | — | — graded with its twin city |
| Union Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| West Pittsburg | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Mahoning Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Little Beaver Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Springfield Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
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. F D Campbell Memorial Library serves 7,764 people in and around North Beaver Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just North Beaver Township.
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 North Beaver Township
Does North Beaver Township have a public library?
Yes. F D Campbell Memorial Library, 209 Hillsville Rd., serves 7,764 people in and around North Beaver Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 46 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is F D Campbell Memorial 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 North Beaver Township’s library?
It logged 0.9 visits and lent 1.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is North Beaver Township’s civic life grade?
D North Beaver Township is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns on civic life, #925 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 North Beaver 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.