Photo: Sebas87 at English Wikipedia · Public domainRobinson Township’s library runs 32 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Robinson Township Library serves 24,204 people in and around Robinson Township. Last year it lent 164K books, movies and e-books and logged 44K visits.
The short version on Robinson Township’s library
Pennsylvania pays a big share
21% of the budget comes from the state, and 71% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Most programs are for young children
65% of the 767 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 7.9 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; Robinson Township Library serves 24,204 people in and around Robinson Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Robinson Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Robinson Township is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns, #844 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Robinson Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Robinson Township’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Robinson Township Library spends $18 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($77K–$129K) 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 →
52 community nonprofits are registered in Robinson Township
3.3 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 (8 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.1%
5.1% of Robinson 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 Robinson Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 10 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Robinson Township Library serves 24,204 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 60 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Robinson Township Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
164K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
46,088 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Robinson Township Library, 1000 Church Hill Road, Pittsburgh.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Robinson Township Library branch.
New in Robinson 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 $6.08 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Robinson Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $439K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $439K 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 5,386 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie | Andrew Carnegie Free Library fine-free | 11.0 | 47 | B+ |
| Moon Township | Moon Township Public Library | 10.9 | 53 | C− |
| Pittsburgh | Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh fine-free | 9.6 | 62 | A− |
| 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− |
| Kennedy Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Collier Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Thornburg | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Neville Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Rosslyn Farms | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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. Robinson Township Library serves 24,204 people in and around Robinson Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Robinson 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 Robinson Township
Does Robinson Township have a public library?
Yes. Robinson Township Library, 1000 Church Hill Road, serves 24,204 people in and around Robinson Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 53 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Robinson Township 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 Robinson Township’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 6.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Robinson Township’s civic life grade?
C− Robinson Township is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns on civic life, #844 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 Robinson 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.