Photo: Michael J at English Wikipedia · Public domainTunkhannock Township’s library runs 34 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Tunkhannock Public Library serves 26,069 people in and around Tunkhannock Township. Last year it lent 84K books, movies and e-books and logged 89K visits.
What Tunkhannock Township’s library is like
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
72% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 11%. What your card is worth ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 71% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 55% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Runs on less money than most
Tunkhannock Public Library spends $12 per resident, less than 92% of similar-size libraries (typical: $40). What your card is worth ↓
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; Tunkhannock Public Library serves 26,069 people in and around Tunkhannock Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Tunkhannock Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Tunkhannock Township is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns, #30 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Tunkhannock Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Tunkhannock Township’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 →
26 community nonprofits are registered in Tunkhannock Township
6.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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.
9.3%
9.3% of Tunkhannock 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 Tunkhannock Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 3 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 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Tunkhannock Public Library serves 26,069 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 35 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Tunkhannock Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
84K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
12,955 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Tunkhannock Public Library, 220 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Tunkhannock Public Library branch.
New in Tunkhannock 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 $3.86 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Tunkhannock Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $325K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $325K 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 6,742 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunkhannock Township | Tunkhannock Public Library | — | 47 | A |
| Eaton Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Washington Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
| Overfield Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Tunkhannock | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Lemon Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Clinton Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Falls 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.
- System-wide. Tunkhannock Public Library serves 26,069 people in and around Tunkhannock Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Tunkhannock 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 Tunkhannock Township
Does Tunkhannock Township have a public library?
Yes. Tunkhannock Public Library, 220 W. Tioga St., serves 26,069 people in and around Tunkhannock Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 47 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Tunkhannock 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 Tunkhannock Township’s library?
It logged 3.4 visits and lent 3.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Tunkhannock Township’s civic life grade?
A Tunkhannock Township is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns on civic life, #30 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 Tunkhannock 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.